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Alexei Deinega¹, Sergei Belousov, Ilya Valuev

¹Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia. poblizosti@kintech.ru

|March 14, 2009

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Computational Electromagnetics

Background:

Modeling optical properties of periodic structures is crucial for photonic device design.
Existing methods may have limitations in accuracy or computational efficiency for finite-width structures.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel hybrid transfer-matrix finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method.
To enable accurate optical property calculations for finite-width planar periodic structures.
To extend the method's applicability to calculating photonic bands in infinite photonic crystals.

Main Methods:

Developing a hybrid approach integrating transfer-matrix formalism with FDTD simulations.
Implementing a specialized numerical FDTD simulation to derive transfer-matrix elements.
Validating the method by comparing computed transmission spectra with established techniques.

Main Results:

The hybrid transfer-matrix FDTD method accurately models optical properties of finite-width periodic structures.
The method successfully calculates photonic bands for infinite photonic crystals.
Computed transmission spectra for a 32-layered photonic crystal showed strong agreement with direct FDTD and layer-multiple-scattering results.

Conclusions:

The proposed hybrid transfer-matrix FDTD method offers a robust and accurate approach for analyzing periodic optical structures.
This method provides a valuable tool for both finite and infinite photonic systems.
The validation confirms the method's reliability for optical property and photonic band calculations.