• DocumentCode
    1692121
  • Title

    Accelerated Simulators for Nano-Photonic Devices

  • Author

    Price, Daniel K. ; Humphrey, John R. ; Kelmelis, Eric J.

  • Author_Institution
    EM Photonics Inc., Newark
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    104
  • Abstract
    We have employed modern graphics processor units (GPUs) for the acceleration of the well-known finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Our implementation achieves speedups up to 40x traditional microprocessor-based solutions.
  • Keywords
    coprocessors; finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optics; micro-optics; nanotechnology; accelerated simulators; finite-difference time-domain method; graphics processor units; nanophotonic devices; Acceleration; Computer graphics; Costs; Electromagnetic analysis; Finite difference methods; Hardware; Nanoscale devices; Photonics; Rendering (computer graphics); Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2007. NUSOD '07. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Newark, DE
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1431-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NUSOD.2007.4349045
  • Filename
    4349045