Efficient and Accurate Electromagnetic Analysis of Three-Dimensional Nano-Optical Structures

Abstract

We present computational analysis of optical nanostructures, including but not limited to frequency-selective surfaces, metamaterials, nanoantennas, nanowires, and photonic crystals. A rigorous implementation based on surface integral equations and the multilevel fast multipole algorithm is developed for the analysis of such three-dimensional complex structures, without resorting to infinity, self-similarity, periodicity or homogeneity assumptions. The developed simulation environment provides accurate analysis of nanooptical structures to expand our knowledge on these important components of the state-of-the-art technology.