Title :
Accelerated Simulators for Nano-Photonic Devices
Author :
Price, Daniel K. ; Humphrey, John R. ; Kelmelis, Eric J.
Author_Institution :
EM Photonics Inc., Newark
Abstract :
We have employed modern graphics processor units (GPUs) for the acceleration of the well-known finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Our implementation achieves speedups up to 40x traditional microprocessor-based solutions.
Keywords :
coprocessors; finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optics; micro-optics; nanotechnology; accelerated simulators; finite-difference time-domain method; graphics processor units; nanophotonic devices; Acceleration; Computer graphics; Costs; Electromagnetic analysis; Finite difference methods; Hardware; Nanoscale devices; Photonics; Rendering (computer graphics); Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2007. NUSOD '07. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Newark, DE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1431-4
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2007.4349045
