| Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Electromagnetism in Mixed Dielectric Media | 8 |
| Ch. 3 | Symmetries and Solid-State Electromagnetism | 22 |
| Ch. 4 | The Traditional Multilayer Film: A One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal | 38 |
| Ch. 5 | Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals | 54 |
| Ch. 6 | Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals | 78 |
| Ch. 7 | Designing Photonic Crystals for Applications | 94 |
| Appendix A. Comparisons with Quantum Mechanics | 107 |
| Appendix B. The Reciprocal Lattice and the Brillouin Zone | 112 |
| Appendix C. Atlas of Band Gaps for Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals | 121 |
| Appendix D. Computing Photonic Band Structures | 127 |
| References | 131 |
| Index | 135 |