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We have demonstrated guiding and bending of electromagnetic (EM) waves in planar and coupled-cavity waveguides built around three-dimensional layer-by-layer photonic crystals. We observed full transmission of the EM waves through these waveguide structures. The dispersion relations obtained from the experiments were in good agreement with the predictions of our waveguide models. We also reported a resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) effect by placing microwave detectors in defect structures. A power enhancement factor of 3450 was measured for planar cavity structures. Similar defects were used to achieve highly directional patterns from monopole antennas.

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