Q-factor instability and its explanation in the staircased FDTD simulation of high-Q circular cavity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1664-1674

  Qiu, Shan Liang ^a   Li, Yong Ping ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INCOHERENT SCATTERING; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

AZIMUTHAL MODE NUMBER; BOUNDARY FLUCTUATIONS; FDTD SIMULATIONS; SCATTERING SOURCE; STAIRCASE APPROXIMATION; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; VOLUME CURRENT METHOD;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 70249121415     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001664     Document Type: Article

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