Title :
Evolving FDTD into a nanophotonics design optimization tool
Author :
Burr, Geoffrey W.
Author_Institution :
IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
The initial evolution of FDTD into a tool for optimizing (not just verifying) nanophotonics device designs is described. Parallelization to multiple computers and FDTD features allowing reasonable accuracy even with coarse gridding are described.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; nanotechnology; optical design techniques; optical engineering computing; optimisation; physics computing; FDTD; nanophotonics design optimization tool; parallelization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
