Physics and advanced simulations of photonic and plasmonic structures

0436814 - ÚFE 2015 RIV PL eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Richter, I. - Kwiecien, P. - Fiala, J. - Petráček, J. - Eksioglu, Y. - Kuzmiak, Vladimír - Čtyroký, Jiří
Physics and advanced simulations of photonic and plasmonic structures.
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014. Waršava: IEEE, 2014 - (Jaworski, M.; Marciniak, M.), s. 6876460. ISBN 978-1-4799-5600-5. ISSN 2162-7339.
[16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2014. Graz (AT), 06.07.2014-10.07.2014]
Institutional support: RVO:67985882
Keywords : Finite-difference method * Fourier modal method * Magnetooptic effect
Subject RIV: JA - Electronics ; Optoelectronics, Electrical Engineering

In this contribution, we present the main results of our joint scientific theoretical project with the Czech Science Foundation (2010-2013) Physics and advanced simulations of photonic and plasmonic structures, arisen from the cooperation of three laboratories of Czech Technical University in Prague, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and Brno University of Technology. First, we present the basics of our in-house methods and numerical tools for the analysis of such structures, developed independently within the scope of the project, together with their mutual comparison. Three linear frequency-domain modal three-dimensional (3D) numerical methods developed and adapted for modelling photonic / plasmonic guiding and resonant subwavelength (SW) structures, will be mentioned, namely, aperiodic rigorous coupled-wave analysis (aRCWA) method, bi-directional mode expansion propagation method (BEP) based on the Fourier series (BEX), as well as the finite difference (FD) / finite element (FE)-BEP technique, connecting the eigensolvers with advanced BEP-based scattering matrix algorithm. Subsequently, a special original method suitable for treating nonlinear structures with Kerr nonlinearities, based on the eigenmode expansion (EME), has been developed (NL-EME) and applied, too. These methods, together with several approximate methods, have formed a solid portfolio for subsequent analysis of various photonic and plasmonic subwavelength structures of interest.
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