Generation of an incident focused light pulse in FDTD

Ilker R Capoğlu; Allen Taflove; Vadim Backman

doi:10.1364/oe.16.019208

Generation of an incident focused light pulse in FDTD

Opt Express. 2008 Nov 10;16(23):19208-20. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.019208.

Authors

Ilker R Capoğlu¹, Allen Taflove, Vadim Backman

Affiliation

¹ Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. [email protected]

Abstract

A straightforward procedure is described for accurately creating an incident focused light pulse in the 3-D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) electromagnetic simulation of the image space of an aplanatic converging lens. In this procedure, the focused light pulse is approximated by a finite sum of plane waves, and each plane wave is introduced into the FDTD simulation grid using the total-field/scattered-field (TF/SF) approach. The accuracy of our results is demonstrated by comparison with exact theoretical formulas.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Lenses*
Light
Lighting / instrumentation*
Models, Theoretical*
Scattering, Radiation

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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