D. N. Chigrin, Institute of Materials Science and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Wuppertal, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany

Telephone: +49 202 439 3728, fax: +49 202 439 3097, chigrin@materials.uni-wuppertal.de

A review on photonic bandgap related phenomena in the simplest type of photonic crystals, i.e., one-dimensional (1D) periodic structures, will be presented. The main focus will be on the omnidirectional reflection [1,2] and superprism phenomena [3,4] displayed by 1D photonic crystals. Possibilities to design optoelectronic devices based on these phenomena, e.g. laser microcavities, hollow fibers, collimators, and prisms, will be specifically addressed.

1. Y. Fink, J. N. Winn, S. Fan, C. Chen, J. Michel, J. D. Joannopoulos, E. L. Thomas, "A Dielectric Omnidirectional Reflector", Science 282, 1679 (1998).

2. D. N. Chigrin, A. V. Lavrinenko, D. A. Yarotsky, S. V. Gaponenko, "Observation of total omnidirectional reflection from a one-dimensional dielectric lattice", Appl. Phys. A 68, 25 (1999).

3. D. N. Chigrin, "Extraordinary dispersion properties of one-dimensional photonic crystals: from superprism phenomenon to refractive index engineering", in Conference Program of the 1999 OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Santa Clara, California, USA, 1999.

4. D. N. Chigrin, "Superprism phenomena in one-dimensional photonic crystals", in Technical Digest of the 2000 International Workshop on Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystal Structures, Sendai, Japan, 2000.