Effective dielectric constants of photonic crystal of aligned anisotropic cylinders and the optical response of a periodic array of carbon nanotubes Reyes, E. Krokhin, Arkadii A. Roberts, James A. American Physical Society 2005-10-25 English This article discusses effective dielectric constants of photonic crystal of aligned anisotropic cylanders and the optical response of a periodic array of carbon nanotubes. Abstract: We calculate the static dielectric tensor of a periodic system of aligned anisotropic dielectric cylinders. Exact analytical formula for the effective dielectric constants for the H-eigenmodes is obtained for arbitrary 2D Bravais lattice and arbitrary cross section of anisotropic cylinders behaves like uniaxial or biaxial natural crystals. The developed theory of homogenization of anisotropic cylinders is applied for calculations of the dielectric properties of photonic crystals of carbon nanotubes. anisotropic crystals photonic crystals carbon nanotubes Physical Review B, 2005, College Park: American Physical Society Public Article 4 p. Text doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.155118 http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103277/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc103277