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    • Computational physics
    • Nanophotonics
    • Optical engineering

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    • Rigorous optical simulations are computationally intensive, limiting their application to the nano-optical scale.
    • Existing methods face severe time and memory constraints, even on high-performance computers.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel algorithm, the Fast Rigorous Iterative Method (FRIM), to overcome computational limitations in optical simulations.
    • To enable approximation-free, large-scale problem solving in optical simulations.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed FRIM, an iterative algorithm for optical simulations.
    • Avoided computationally complex eigenmode decomposition in modal representations.
    • Reduced numerical cost from O(N^3) to O(N log N).

    Main Results:

    • FRIM allows solving large-size problems approximation-free under specific conditions.
    • Enabled simulation of structures with significantly higher mode counts.
    • Demonstrated a trade-off between runtime and accuracy.

    Conclusions:

    • FRIM significantly enhances the efficiency and scalability of rigorous optical simulations.
    • The method opens possibilities for simulating more complex diffractive optical elements.
    • FRIM offers a flexible approach to balance computational cost and simulation accuracy.