FDTD Solutions

Display technology

LED light extraction

Sub-wavelength texturing of LEDs increase light extraction efficiency, but accurate simulation tools like FDTD Solutions are needed to optimize microstructured LEDs. Read on

nanowire grid polarizer with FDTD Solutions

Nanowire grid polarizers

High-contrast polarization control devices composed of sub-wavelength metal gratings are replacing bulk optical elements, and FDTD Solutions is the design software of choice. Learn more

Optical communications

Photonic crystal cavity

Photonic crystal cavities are increasingly being investigated for their ability to deliver ultra-high quality factors, unavailable with other resonator geometries. Learn more

Photonic crystal VCSEL

2D patterning of photonic crystal VCSELs can deliver robust lateral mode confinement, and the stable single-mode operation necessary for optical communication systems. Learn more

ring resonator filter design with FDTD Solutions

Ring resonator filters

Ring resonator filters re-direct optical signals at specified telecommunication frequencies to different output waveguides, as designed by FDTD Solutions. Discover how

photonic waveguide Bragg microcavity with FDTD Solutions

Waveguide Bragg microcavities

Waveguide-based photonic microcavities, and their high quality factor resonances, are of increasing importance for a number of integrated optical filtering applications. Read on

Optical sensing, imaging, and collection

CMOS image sensor pixel

As CMOS pixel sizes decrease to reduce costs of digitial camera systems, there is a corresponding reduction in signal to noise and an increase in pixel cross-talk. Read on

Thin film silicon solar cell photovoltaics

Metallic nanoparticle arrays on thin film silicon solar cells are able to dramatically increase the absorption of solar energy. Learn more

Semiconductor manufacturing

DUV lithography simulation

Calculating the field intensity transmitted through sub-wavelength mask features must account for all diffraction, refraction, interference, absorption and polarization effects. Read on

Surface plasmon resonance interference nanolithography

Surface plasmon resonance interference nanolithography is being developed to facilitate the production of features beyond the diffraction limit. Learn more

"Parallel FDTD Solutions allows me to take full advantage of my 4-processor AMD64 computer. [Lumerical's] technical support is second to none.
E. Chow, Agilent

"FDTD Solutions is a powerful optical simulation package that offers efficient parallel computation, an intuitive user interface, and a versatile scripting environment.
Y. T., Olympus

"FDTD Solutions has been instrumental in developing our silicon photonics platform. Any structure that comes to mind, I can very quickly and efficiently simulate using its excellent interface and easy-to-use clustering capabilities.
M. Webster, Lightwire

"FDTD Solutions is a professional software package which makes designing nanophotonic devices easy.
F. Yongqui, Chinese Academy of Sciences

"We use FDTD Solutions on a small cluster to quickly and conveniently optimize Bragg sidewall gratings in ridge waveguide lasers.
R. Dylewicz, Glasgow University

"As the administrator of a 1,680 processor computing cluster, I find FDTD Solutions trivial to install and maintain.
R. Baranowski, WestGrid

"My group uses parallel-FDTD regularly to speed up computation of problems in surface plasmon nanophotonics, where mesh-size is critical to accurately capture the physics.
R. Gordon, University of Victoria

"FDTD Solutions offers a robust computational engine complemented with a powerful scripting language.
S. Tanev, Carleton University

Applications of FDTD Solutions to microscale optics

Biophotonics

Nanoparticle scattering