High performance FDTD-method Maxwell solver for the design, analysis and optimization of nanophotonic devices, processes and materials
Product Overview
Employing the industry proven finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, FDTD Solutions empowers designers to confront the most challenging photonic design problems. Rapid prototyping and highly-accurate simulations reduce reliance upon costly experimental prototypes, leading to a quicker assessment of design concepts and reduced product development costs.Explore how FDTD Solutions can facilitate your success in diverse application areas, from fundamental photonics research to current industrial applications in imaging, lighting, biophotonics, photovoltaics, and many more.
FDTD Solutions is a 3D Maxwell solver, capable of analyzing the interaction of UV, visible, and IR radiation with complicated structures employing wavelength scale features. FDTD Solutions is able to accurately take into account material dispersion over wide wavelength ranges via its proprietary Multi-coefficient Material modeling capabilities, enabling the end user to efficiently calculate device response over wide bandwidths. With a highly-optimized computational engine able to exploit multi-core computing systems in everything from laptops to high-performance computing clusters, and a built-in optimization framework to speed the generation of optimized nanophotonics devices, FDTD Solutions is the photonics design environment of choice among industry professionals.
Product Benefits
Decreased product development costs via highly-accurate algorithms with built-in optimization that allows for rapid virtual prototyping to reduce costly physical prototypes
Reduced time-to-market owing to a highly-optimized simulation engine engineered for high-throughput design assessment on leading-edge computational systems
Increased productivity via design tools engineered with ease-of-use in mind to facilitate fast learning and rapid deployment
Featured Applications
FDTD Solutions addresses a wide variety of applications involving the scattering, diffraction, and propagation of optical radiation. FDTD Solutions is useful for many engineering problems of interest, including:
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LED/OLED Light Extraction
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