%0 Journal Article
%A Trieu, B.
%A Michielsen, K.
%A De Raedt, H.
%T Event-based simulation of light propagation in lossless dielectric media
%J Computer physics communications
%V 182
%@ 0010-4655
%C Amsterdam
%I North Holland Publ. Co.
%M PreJuSER-13730
%P 726 - 734
%D 2011
%Z Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
%X 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.
%K J (WoSType)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000287432200019
%R 10.1016/j.cpc.2010.12.017
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/13730