Accurate sensitivity analysis of photonic devices exploiting the finite-difference time-domain cavity adjoint variable method

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1492-1499

  Swillam, Mohamed A ^a   Bakr, Mohamed H ^a   Li, Xun ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFLECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL ADJOINT VARIABLE METHOD (CAVM); DESIGN PARAMETERS; FDTD-CAVM TECHNIQUES; POWER REFLECTIVITY;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 34247498354     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.001492     Document Type: Article

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