• DocumentCode
    3317243
  • Title

    Convergence analysis of Padé interpolation for extracting large quality factors in photonic crystal double heterostructure resonant cavities

  • Author

    Mock, Adam ; O´Brien, John

  • Author_Institution
    Viterbi Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    1-4 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    57
  • Lastpage
    58
  • Abstract
    The number of time steps required for accurate estimation of quality factors using Pade interpolation for photonic crystal double heterostructures is investigated. Use of different orders of Pade polynomials is also discussed, and an improvement in convergence is observed as the order of the denominator polynomial is increased.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; convergence of numerical methods; interpolation; optical resonators; photonic crystals; Pade interpolation; Pade polynomials; convergence analysis; denominator polynomial; photonic crystal double heterostructure; quality factors; resonant cavities; time steps; Convergence; Discrete Fourier transforms; Finite difference methods; Interpolation; Photonic crystals; Polynomials; Q factor; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2008. NUSOD '08. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nottingham
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2307-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NUSOD.2008.4668240
  • Filename
    4668240