Metmaterials Simulation Best Practices: Simulating THz, microwave and optical metamaterials using Lumerical's FDTD Solutions

DESCRIPTION

Learn how to simulate, characterize and optimize metamaterials at THz, microwave, and optical frequencies with Lumerical’s FDTD Solutions. This webinar will describe the recommended workflow for metamaterial simulations, including a number of important tips that will increase the speed of your simulations and simplify the data analysis. We’ll show how to use all your available computer resources to optimize your designs and provide demonstration simulations of various metamaterials with different desired characteristics.

OUTLINE:

• Introduction
  • What is a metamaterial?
  • Applications
  • Operating frequencies (from microwave, THz to optical)
  • Simulation challenges
• Simulation methodology
• Simulation setup and parameterization
• Sweeps and Optimizations
• Material refractive index modeling
• Sources and boundary conditions
• Extracting the desired results, including
  • S parameters
  • Effective refractive index
  • Effective permittivity and permeability
  • Effective impedance
  • Transmission and reflection
  • Circular dichroism
  • Scattering and absorption cross sections
• Examples and demo
• Tips for simulation setup and analysis
• Questions and Answers