Efficient split field FDTD analysis of third-order nonlinear materials in two-dimensionally periodic media

Jorge Francés; Sergio Bleda; Subhajit Bej; Jani Tervo; Víctor Navarro-Fuster; Sandra Fenoll; Francisco J. Martínez-Gaurdiola; Cristian Neipp

doi:10.1117/12.2227542

27 April 2016 Efficient split field FDTD analysis of third-order nonlinear materials in two-dimensionally periodic media

Jorge Francés, Sergio Bleda, Subhajit Bej, Jani Tervo, Víctor Navarro-Fuster, Sandra Fenoll, Francisco J. Martínez-Gaurdiola, Cristian Neipp

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Proceedings Volume 9889, Optical Modelling and Design IV; 988908 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227542
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2016, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

In this work the split-field finite-difference time-domain method (SF-FDTD) has been extended for the analysis of two-dimensionally periodic structures with third-order nonlinear media. The accuracy of the method is verified by comparisons with the nonlinear Fourier Modal Method (FMM). Once the formalism has been validated, examples of one- and two-dimensional nonlinear gratings are analysed. Regarding the 2D case, the shifting in resonant waveguides is corroborated. Here, not only the scalar Kerr effect is considered, the tensorial nature of the third-order nonlinear susceptibility is also included. The consideration of nonlinear materials in this kind of devices permits to design tunable devices such as variable band filters. However, the third-order nonlinear susceptibility is usually small and high intensities are needed in order to trigger the nonlinear effect. Here, a one-dimensional CBG is analysed in both linear and nonlinear regime and the shifting of the resonance peaks in both TE and TM are achieved numerically. The application of a numerical method based on the finite- difference time-domain method permits to analyse this issue from the time domain, thus bistability curves are also computed by means of the numerical method. These curves show how the nonlinear effect modifies the properties of the structure as a function of variable input pump field. When taking the nonlinear behaviour into account, the estimation of the electric field components becomes more challenging. In this paper, we present a set of acceleration strategies based on parallel software and hardware solutions.

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Jorge Francés, Sergio Bleda, Subhajit Bej, Jani Tervo, Víctor Navarro-Fuster, Sandra Fenoll, Francisco J. Martínez-Gaurdiola, and Cristian Neipp "Efficient split field FDTD analysis of third-order nonlinear materials in two-dimensionally periodic media", Proc. SPIE 9889, Optical Modelling and Design IV, 988908 (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227542

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