Title :
Nanophotonic device optimization with adjoint FDTD
Author :
Hansen, Paul ; Zheng, Yuxin ; Perederey, Eugene ; Hesselink, Lambertus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
The sensitivity of a nanophotonic device´s performance with respect to changes in its shape and size can be efficiently obtained by adjoint FDTD. By optimizing the structure´s boundary we constrain resulting designs to be fabricatable.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; nanophotonics; optical design techniques; optimisation; adjoint FDTD; nanophotonic device optimization; optical design; Films; Finite difference methods; Gold; Optimization; Sensitivity; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
