The validation of the parallel three-dimensional solver for analysis of optical plasmonic bi-periodic multilayer nanostructures

Abstract

Fundamentals of the three-dimensional spatial harmonic analysis (SHA) approach are reviewed, and the advantages of a fast-converging formulation versus the initial SHA formulation are emphasized with examples using periodic plasmonic nanostructures. First, two independent parallel versions of both formulations are implemented using the scattering matrix algorithm for multilayer cascading. Then, by comparing the results from both formulations, it is shown that choosing an advanced fast-converging scheme could be essential for accurate and efficient modeling of plasmonic structures. Important obstacles to the fast parallel implementation of this approach are also revealed. The results of test simulations are validated using the data obtained from a commercial finite-element method (FEM) simulations and from the experimental characterization of fabricated samples.

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Xingjie Ni, Zhengtong Liu, Alexandra Boltasseva, Alexander V. Kildishev. Validation of the parallel three-dimensional solver for analysis of optical plasmonic bi-periodic multilayer nanostructures 2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) 11428648.

Keywords

SURFACE-RELIEF GRATINGS; COUPLED-WAVE ANALYSIS; MATRIX PROPAGATION ALGORITHM; FOURIER MODAL METHOD; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; TM POLARIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL-THEORY; ARBITRARY PROFILE; PLANE-WAVE; FORMULATION

DOI

10.1007/s00339-010-5865-z

Citation

X. Ni, Z. Liu, A. Boltasseva and A. V. Kildishev, "Validation of the parallel three-dimensional solver for analysis of optical plasmonic bi-periodic multilayer nanostructures," CLEO/QELS: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, San Jose, CA, USA, 2010, pp. 1-2.

Date of this Version

8-2010

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