Traditional and new simulation techniques for nanoscale optics and photonics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5927, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Tsukerman, I ^a   Cajko F ^a   Sokolov, A P ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM tips; Apertureless near field microscopy; Computational methods; Field enhancement; Flexible approximation; Optimization; Photonic crystals; Plasmon particles; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS;

AFM TIPS; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FLEXIBLE APPROXIMATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PLASMON PARTICLES;

MICROOPTICS;

EID: 31844433879     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.615011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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