welcome

This is the first entry for my blog on photonic crystals. My name is Peter Bermel, and I'm a grad student in the physics department at MIT. In this blog, I plan to cover issues arising from my research in photonic crystals under John Joannopoulos, and also other issues of interest in physics (particularly optical or quantum physics). To give you an idea of the research I've done so far, have a look at my publications page.

In future installments of this blog, I will plan on explaining individual projects and their development in detail, while avoiding technical information or jargon as much as possible.

Also, I welcome participation from my readers. Feel free to post comments or questions and I'll do my best to answer them!