Journal Article

PreJuSER-13730

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Event-based simulation of light propagation in lossless dielectric media

Trieu, B.FZJ* ; Michielsen, K.FZJ* ; De Raedt, H.

2011
North Holland Publ. Co. Amsterdam

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2010.12.017

Abstract: We describe an event-based approach to simulate the propagation of an electromagnetic plane wave through dielectric media. The basic building block is a deterministic learning machine that is able to simulate a plane interface. We show that a network of two of such machines can simulate the propagation of light through a plane parallel plate. With properly chosen parameters this setup can be used as a beam splitter. The modularity of the simulation method is illustrated by constructing a Mach-Zehnder interferometer from plane parallel plates, the whole system reproducing the results of wave theory. A generalization of the event-based model of the plane parallel plate is also used to simulate a periodically stratified medium. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keyword(s): J ; Computer simulation (auto) ; Event-by-event simulation (auto) ; Interference (auto) ; Optics (auto)

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)

Research Program(s):

1. Scientific Computing (FUEK411) (FUEK411)
2. 411 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods (POF2-411) (POF2-411)

Appears in the scientific report 2011

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