Improving accuracy by subpixel smoothing in the finite-difference time domain

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2972-2974

  Farjadpour, A ^a   Roundy, David ^a   Rodriguez, Alejandro ^a   Ibanescu, M ^a   Bermel, Peter ^a   Joannopoulos, J D ^a   Johnson, Steven G ^a   Burr, G W ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CORNERS; DIELECTRIC FUNCTION; SUBPIXEL SMOOTHING;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33750507944     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.002972     Document Type: Article

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