Published November 9, 2001
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Journal article
A new finite-difference time-domain method for photonic crystals consisting of nearly-free-electron metals
- 1. Department of Electromagnetic Theory, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)
- 2. Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Yu-Quan, Hangzhou (China)
Description
A finite-difference time-domain method is developed to treat a nearly-free-electron metal by rewriting the time-domain Maxwell's equations into three coupled partial differential equations for three vector functions. The method is used to calculate the band structures of two-dimensional metallic photonic crystals, and the numerical results are compared with those obtained by other methods. The new time-stepping formulae are also used to investigate the defect modes by calculating the transmission spectrum. (author)
Availability note (English)
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Identifiers
- URL
- http://www.iop.org/;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
- Journal Volume
- 34
- Journal Issue
- 45
- Journal Page Range
- p. 9713-9721
- ISSN
- 0305-4470
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 33021831
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BAND THEORY; CRYSTALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METALS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS; SPECTRA; TIME DEPENDENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; CALCULATION METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS