Finite-difference time-domain modelling of photonic crystal structures

Author

De Ridder, René M. ; Stoffer, Revco

Author_Institution

MESA Res. Inst., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

25

Abstract

The usual, highly efficient, modelling tools for planar optical devices are generally not suitable for modelling photonic crystal structures. For example, the beam propagation method fails when applied to these strongly scattering structures since presumptions are made on the propagation direction of the waves. The finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD), however, as a direct discretisation of Maxwell´s equations, does not suffer from such restrictive assumptions. It is shown that the evolution of the electromagnetic field in both time and space-as calculated using FDTD-can be of considerable help in understanding the physics of photonic crystal structures

Keywords

Maxwell equations; cavity resonators; crystal structure; finite difference time-domain analysis; optical dispersion; optical waveguide theory; photonic band gap; EM field evolution; FDTD method; Maxwell´s equations; animated time-sequence; beam propagation method; efficient modelling tools; electromagnetic field; field distributions; finite-difference time-domain modelling; photonic crystal structures; planar optical devices; resonant cavity; scattering structures; wave propagation direction; waveguide dispersion; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite difference methods; Maxwell equations; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2001. Proceedings of 2001 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cracow

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7096-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2001.934709

Filename

934709