Numerical simulations of 3D micro-resonators

Author

Benson, T.M. ; Vukovic, A. ; Wykes, J.G. ; Al-Jarro, A. ; Sewell, P.

Author_Institution

George Green Inst. for Electromagn. Res., Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham

Volume

4

fYear

2008

fDate

22-26 June 2008

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

57

Abstract

Micro-resonators are critical optical components that have many exciting applications in fields such as telecommunications, quantum cryptography and optical signal processing. Fabrication techniques allow many different designs of micro-resonator to be realised, but at present their optimisation and simulation remain firmly entrenched in 2D. The geometrical complexity of many micro-resonators mitigates against analytic study. Thus there is a strong demand for comprehensive 3D numerical simulations. We discuss some of the difficulties and challenges when modelling micro-resonators and recent progress towards their 3D modelling using time-domain codes.

Keywords

micro-optics; microcavities; optical resonators; time-domain analysis; 3D microresonator simulation; time-domain codes; Computational modeling; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Finite difference methods; Geometry; Integral equations; Numerical models; Numerical simulation; Q factor; Resonant frequency; Time domain analysis; micro-resonators; simulation challenges; time domain modelling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2625-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2626-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598731

Filename

4598731