Computational model of solid-state, molecular, or atomic media for FDTD simulation based on a multi-level multi-electron system governed by Pauli exclusion and Fermi-Dirac thermalization with application to semiconductor photonics

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3569-3587

  Huang, Yingyan ^a   Ho, Seng Tiong ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ATOMIC MEDIA; FERMI-DIRAC THERMALIZATION; INTERBAND DYNAMICS; MULTI-ELECTRON SYSTEM;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 33645802387     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003569     Document Type: Article

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