Waves in Complex Media

Luca Dal Negro is Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a member of the Boston University Photonics Center, and he holds joint appointments in the Department of Physics and the Division of Materials Science at Boston University. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Trento, Italy. Professor Dal Negro is a fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA). His research interests concern the behavior of electromagnetic fields in nanostructured materials and the engineering of complex photonic media.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Electromagnetics background; 3. Optical dispersion models; 4. Wave propagation and diffraction; 5. Diffraction in optical engineering; 6. Wave scattering and coherence; 7. Structure factor and diffraction; 8. Tailored disorder; 9. Fundamentals of number theory; 10. Aperiodic order in number theory; 11. Aperiodic order and geometry; 12. Multiple scattering; 13. Analytical scattering theory; 14. Transport and localization.

'This book is a modern and comprehensive account of light propagation in aperiodic media. It provides a solid, unified description of the basic theoretical tools and methods, and presents the unique optical properties and applications of aperiodic media, which usually cannot be achieved in traditional periodic and/or random photonic systems. It is an ideal introduction to this interdisciplinary, fascinating research field for graduate students and researchers in physics, electrical engineering, and applied physics.' Felipe Pinheiro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro