Balancing accuracy against computation time: 3-D FDTD for nanophotonics device optimization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5733, Issue , 2005, Pages 336-347

  Burr, Geoffrey W ^a   Farjadpour, Ardavan ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD; Photonic crystals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; MODELING TECHNIQUES; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; RESONATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 21844456620     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.590732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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