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Applications of FDTD Solutions to microscale optics and nanophotonics

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:

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. Learn more ⇒
DVD Surface Design
	Sub-wavelength features within a thin gold film within a DVD encodes information. Learn how to optmize this surface with FDTD Solutions to optimally store information. Learn more ⇒
LED/OLED Light Extraction Efficiency
	Sub-wavelength texturing of LEDs increase light extraction efficiency, but accurate simulation tools like FDTD Solutions are needed to optimize microstructured LEDs. Learn more ⇒
DUV Lithography Simulation
	Calculating the field intensity transmitted through sub-wavelength mask features must account for all diffraction, refraction, interference, absorption and polarization effects. Learn more ⇒
Nanoparticle Scattering
	As validated by FDTD Solutions, light incident on metallic nanoparticles creates resonant interactions with the electronic surface charge - resulting in surface plasmons. Learn more ⇒
Nanowire Grid Polarizer
	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 ⇒
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 Filters
	Ring resonator filters can modulate or re-direct optical signals at specified frequencies. Explore the tradeoffs in designing ring resonator devices in FDTD Solutions and MODE Solutions. Learn more ⇒

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 ⇒
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 ⇒
Waveguide Bragg Microcavity
	Waveguide-based photonic microcavities, and their high quality factor resonances, are of increasing importance for a number of integrated optical filtering applications. Learn more ⇒