Obayya S. Computational Photonics

John Wiley, 2011. — 324 p.Photonics as a fiel today covers a huge range from communications to science and technology applications, including laser manufacturing, biological and chemical sensing, display technology and optical computing.
For a number of reasons ranging from a higher bandwidth to the inexpensiveness of optical-fibr materials, components based on electric currents are more and more complemented or replaced by technology based on light. Relatively cheap, compact and highly sensitive photonic devices have already been commercialised for a variety of areas, and are expected to be basic blocks for all-optical integrated circuits. As the fabrication of photonic devices is still costly and essentially time consuming, the development of science and technology has grown parallel to the development of accurate numerical techniques able to perform “modelling” of the devices. Besides analysis of the structures, the numerical simulation of the performance of the device makes it possible to perform operations of optimisation and design at an early stage with significan cost savings. The fiel of numerical modelling has become so important that developing the innovative potential of optics and photonics relies today on sophisticated simulation techniques.
Up to now, there have been many books in the market that deal with numerical modelling techniques. However, the majority only concentrate on one or two numerical methods. This book, on the other hand, covers a comprehensive state-of-the art of many modelling possibilities, ranging from the most innovative techniques in the frequency domain (e.g. the bidirectional beam propagation method), to ones in time domain (e.g. the multiresolution time domain and finit volume time domain methods), for future photonic devices.
Through an extensive number of simulation models and solutions for generic and more specifi problems, this book focuses on equipping the reader with the sophisticated concepts of computational modelling in a new easy way to build his/her own codes. Furthermore, it comes with a CD that shows samples of codes, and some examples to enable the reader to understand various computational modelling cases.Full-Vectorial Beam Propagation Methods
Assessment of the Full-Vectorial Beam Propagation Method
Bidirectional Beam Propagation Method
Complex-Envelope Alternating-Direction-Implicit Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method
Finite-Volume Time-Domain Method
Numerical Analysis of Linear and Nonlinear PhC-Based Devices
Multiresolution Time Domain
MRTD Analysis of PhC Devices
MRTD Analysis of SHG PhC Devices
Dispersive Nonlinear MRTD for SHG Applications