Time-domain full-band method using orthogonal edge basis functions

Author

Gonçalves, Marcos S. ; Hernandez-Figueroa, Hugo E. ; Bordonalli, Aldário C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microwave & Opt., Univ. of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

54

Abstract

A new time-domain numerical approach for two-dimensional vectorial wave equation solutions based on slow wave variation is presented. The algorithm incorporates finite-element discretization and uses orthogonal edge basis functions to describe pulse propagation in optical waveguides.

Keywords

finite element analysis; light propagation; optical waveguide theory; photonic crystals; time-domain analysis; vectors; wave equations; finite-element discretization; full-band method; optical waveguides; orthogonal edge basis functions; photonic crystals; pulse propagation; time-domain method; two-dimensional wave equation solutions; vectorial wave equation solutions; Conductivity; Finite element methods; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Partial differential equations; Photonic crystals; Sparse matrices; Time domain analysis; Transmission line matrix methods; Finite elements; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; time-domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.860071

Filename

1546034