513.001 Molecular and Solid State Physics

Return to
problem list

Wolfram Alpha

Physical
Constants

Periodic System
of Elements

      

Photonic Crystal

(a) What is a photonic crystal? What is a photonic band gap?

(b) The eigenfunction solutions of the wave equation for a photonic crystal have Bloch form. What is Bloch form? Show that a function that has Bloch form is an eigenfunction of the translation operator.