Design and Analysis of Planar Photonic Band Gap Devices

The need for a highly efficient numerical simulation platform for designing photonic band gap (PBG) structures is outlined in the context of various functional device topologies. In this paper we therefore introduce the Method of Auxiliary Sources (MAS) as a semi-analytical, frequency-domain method...

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Published in:International journal of infrared and millimeter waves 2008-12, Vol.29 (12), p.1172-1185
Main Authors: Tabatadze, V., Bijamov Jr, A., Kakulia, D., Saparishvili, G., Zaridze, R., Hafner, Ch, Erni, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classical Electrodynamics
Computer simulation
Devices
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Microelectronics
Engineering
Instrumentation
Mathematical models
Millimeter waves
Photonics
Software packages
Topology
Two dimensional
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Summary:The need for a highly efficient numerical simulation platform for designing photonic band gap (PBG) structures is outlined in the context of various functional device topologies. In this paper we therefore introduce the Method of Auxiliary Sources (MAS) as a semi-analytical, frequency-domain method for computational optics, which has already proven its accuracy and efficiency in various other fields of electrodynamics. The proposed software package provides an easy-to-handle approach to full-wave analysis of two-dimensional (2D) PBG circuits, PBG-based antennas as well as to dense-integrated optics components that contain optical waveguides, scatterers, resonators and other functional elements. Experimental verifications of the numerical results have been conducted along large-scale prototypes in the microwave frequency range for several device topologies.
ISSN:0195-9271
1572-9559
DOI:10.1007/s10762-008-9413-2