Applications
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Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Nanoantenna-Waveguide Structures for Subdiffractional Chiral Sensing
The work investigates a method to probe the circular dichroism of an illuminated chiral object. JCMsuite is used to perform three-dimensional numerical simulations in order to support the experimental findings.
M. Rothe, et al. Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Nanoantenna–Waveguide Structures for Subdiffractional Chiral Sensing. ACS nano (2020).
2020 DOI
Optical Metrology and Sensing, optical chirality, optical resonators and antennas, plasmonics, Light Scattering Computation
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Dielectric microspheres covered with metallic nanorods for perfect lensing and cloaking applications
Photonic nanostructures made of a dielectric sphere covered with many metallic particles are a basic building block for optical metamaterials with a magnetic response. To tune the properties of the system spheres covered with metallic nanorods of variable aspect ratio. Full-wave optical simulations using JCMsuite support the spectroscopic characterization.
R. Grillo, et al. Self-Assembled Arrays of Gold Nanorod-Decorated Dielectric Microspheres with a Magnetic Dipole Response in the Visible Range for Perfect Lensing and Cloaking Applications. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 3(6), 6108 (2020).
2020 DOI
Metamaterials, Light Scattering Computation
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Improved Quantum Efficiency by Advanced Light Management in Nanotextured Perovskite Solar Cells
The study characterizes perovskite solar cells deposited on different shallow nanotextures. An experimental characterization and optical simulations using JCMsuite reveal that the gain in efficiency can be largely attributed to reduced reflection losses and increased absorption in the perovskite.
P. Tockhorn, et al. Improved Quantum Efficiency by Advanced Light Management in Nanotextured Solution-Processed Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Photonics, 7(9), 2589 (2020).
2020 DOI Publication link
Photovoltaics, Light Scattering Computation
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Field Heterogeneities and Their Impact on Photocatalysis: Combining Optical and Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations on the Nanoscale
The electromagnetic field, driving photocatalysis, is not homogeneous on a nanoscale for particle-based catalysts as it is influenced by the particle’s shape and size. The work presents a simple model for the impact of these heterogeneities on the photocatalytic kinetics by combining kinetic Monte Carlo with electromagnetic wave simulations.
M. Hammerschmidt, et al. Field Heterogeneities and Their Impact on Photocatalysis: Combining Optical and Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations on the Nanoscale. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(5), 3177 (2020).
2020 DOI
photocatalysis, Light Scattering Computation
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Finite element method for 3D optical modeling of liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator
Traditional matrix methods cannot accurately predict the optical performance of liquid crystal (LC) on silicon spatial light modulators if the LC distribution is complex. Employing JCmsuite, an improved finite-element method is developed by combining the scattering matrix method with the domain decomposition method.
P. J. Chen, et al. Finite element method for 3D optical modeling of liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator. Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XV, 113, 1130308 (2020).
2020 DOI Publication link
integrated optics, Advanced Finite Element Methods, Light Scattering Computation
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Inverted plasmonic lens design for nanometrology applications
Planar plasmonic lenses allow for focusing of light to sub-wavelength-sized spots. A new plasmonic lens design is proposed and numerically optimized using JCMsuite.
T. Käseberg, et al. Inverted plasmonic lens design for nanometrology applications. Measurement Science and Technology, 31(7), 074013 (2020).
2020 DOI Publication link
Optical Metrology and Sensing, diffractive optics, plasmonics, Light Scattering Computation
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Scanning tunneling microscopy for probing the dielectric response of metals at the atomic scale
Light emission from the gap cavity formed by the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and a flat metallic sample allows to probe the dielectric response of metals at the atomic scale. The underlying phenomenon is confirmed by a full-wave optical simulations of the tip-substrate system using JCMsuite.
K. Edelmann, et al. Influence of Co bilayers and trilayers on the plasmon-driven light emission from Cu(111) in a scanning tunneling microscope. Phys. Rev. B 101, 205405 (2020).
2020 DOI
Optical Metrology and Sensing, optical resonators and antennas, Light Scattering Computation
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Simulation of Nonlinear Signal Propagation in Multimode Fibers on Multi-GPU Systems
The study presents a multi-GPU implementation to simulate the nonlinear signal propagation in multimode fibers. The mode profiles and propagation constants are calculated numerically with JCMsuite.
M. Brehler, et al. Simulation of Nonlinear Signal Propagation in Multimode Fibers on Multi-GPU Systems. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 84, 105150 (2020).
2020 DOI Publication link
Photonic Waveguides and Fibers, Propagation Mode Computation
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A Riesz-projection-based method for nonlinear eigenvalue problems
A new contour-integation algorithm for general nonlinear eigenvalue problems is proposed. The algorithm has the advantage of returning only physically relevant eigenvalues that couple to external fields. JCMsuite is used to solve the scattering problems lying on the contour.
F. Binkowski, et al. A Riesz-projection-based method for nonlinear eigenvalue problems. Journal of Computational Physics, 419, 109678 (2020).
2020 DOI
optical resonators and antennas, quantum optics, Resonance Mode Computation
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Tuning the properties of a meta-atom dimer by strong light-matter interaction
By tuning the height of an enclosing photonic cavity the energy levels and properties of a dimer of dipolar meta-atoms can be manipulated. The work studies that effect theoretically and confirm an analytic model by a simulation of metallic nanospheroids in a Fabry-Pérot cavity.
T. Sturges, et al. Extreme renormalisations of dimer eigenmodes by strong light–matter coupling. New Journal of Physics, 22(10), 103001 (2020).
2020 DOI Publication link
optical resonators and antennas, quantum optics, Light Scattering Computation
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Benchmark of Global Optimization Approaches for Nano-optical Shape Optimization and Parameter Reconstruction
Several global optimization methods for three typical nano-optical optimization problems are benchmarked: particle swarm optimization, differential evolution, and Bayesian optimization as well as multistart versions of downhill simplex optimization and the limited-memory Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (L-BFGS) algorithm. In the shown examples, Bayesian optimization, mainly known from machine learning applications, obtains significantly better results in a fraction of the run times of the other optimization methods.
P.-I. Schneider, et al. Benchmarking five global optimization approaches for nano-optical shape optimization and parameter reconstruction. ACS Photonics 6, 2726 (2019).
2019 DOI
Metamaterials, Optical Metrology and Sensing, Optical and EUV Lithography, quantum optics, Optimization and Parameter Retrieval Methods, software benchmarks
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JCMsuite used for Mueller matrix ellipsometry
JCMsuite is used as Maxwell solver in Mueller matrix ellipsometry, in this work by the German national metrology institute PTB.
T. Kaeseberg, et al. Mueller matrix ellipsometry for enhanced optical form metrology of sub-lambda structures. Proc. SPIE 11057, 110570R (2019).
2019 DOI
Optical Metrology and Sensing, Optimization and Parameter Retrieval Methods, software benchmarks
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Micropillar lasers
JCMsuite is used to compute modes of micropillar lasers
A. Kaganskiy, et al. Micropillar lasers with site-controlled Optica 6, 404 (2019).
2019 DOI
Light Sources, integrated optics, optical resonators and antennas, quantum optics, Resonance Mode Computation
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Silver nanowires with silica coating as plasmonic resonators
JCMsuite is used to compare experimental results on silica coated, resonant nanowires to theoretical models.
M. Rothe, et al. Silver nanowires with optimized silica coating as versatile plasmonic resonators. Sci. Rep. 9, 3859 (2019).
2019 DOI
Photonic Waveguides and Fibers, optical resonators and antennas, plasmonics, Propagation Mode Computation, Resonance Mode Computation
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Terahertz quantum-cascade lasers
JCMsuite is used to compute modes of terahertz quantum-cascade lasers.
B. Röben, et al. Terahertz quantum-cascade lasers for high-resolution spectroscopy of sharp absorption lines. J. Appl. Phys. 125, 151613 (2019).
2019 DOI
Photonic Waveguides and Fibers, Propagation Mode Computation
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Enhanced magnetic dipole emission with Mie-resonant dielectric metasurfaces
Mie-resonant high-index dielectric nanoparticles and metasurfaces can enhance fluorescence from emitters in the near field. This opens opportunities for new, bright nanoscale light sources. JCMsuite has been used in this study to simulating magnetic dipole emission.
A. Vaskin, et al. Manipulation of Magnetic Dipole Emission from Eu3+ with Mie-Resonant Dielectric Metasurfaces. Nano Lett. 19, 1015 (2019).
2019 DOI
Light Sources, Metamaterials, optical resonators and antennas, Light Scattering Computation
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Structures for enhanced sensing of chiral molecules
Nanostructures for enhancement of molecular circular dichroism have been investigated theoretically and numerically. In the numerical study, JCMsuite has been used, including in particular also the multipolar decomposition of scattered fields.
F. Graf, et al. Achiral, helicity preserving, and resonant structures for enhanced sensing of chiral molecules. ACS Photonics 6, 482 (2019).
2019 DOI
optical chirality, Light Scattering Computation
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Backscattering suppression in solar cells
Antireflection performance of nanoparticle arrays on top of solar cell stacks has been investigated numerically.
E. Slivina, et al. Insights into Backscattering Suppression in Solar Cells from the Helicity-Preservation Point of View. Phys. Rev. Appl. 12, 054003 (2019).
2019 DOI
Metamaterials, Photovoltaics, optical chirality, Light Scattering Computation
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EUV mask feature reconstruction via phase retrieval
JCMsuite has been used in a simulation study to assess the performance of coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) and related phase retrieval methods for the reconstruction of non-trivially shaped and a–periodic nanostructures from far field intensity data.
P. Ansuinelli, et al. EUV mask feature reconstruction via phase retrieval. Proc. SPIE 11089, 110892F (2019).
2019 DOI
Optical Metrology and Sensing, Optical and EUV Lithography, Light Scattering Computation
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Gaussian process regression for efficient parameter reconstruction
Optical scatterometry is a method to measure the size and shape of periodic micro- or nanostructures on surfaces. For this purpose the geometry parameters of the structures are obtained by reproducing experimental measurement results through numerical simulations. The performance of Bayesian optimization as implemented in JCMsuite's optimization toolbox is compared to different local minimization algorithms for this numerical optimization problem. Bayesian optimization uses Gaussian-process regression to find promising parameter values. The paper examines how pre-computed simulation results can be used to train the Gaussian process and to accelerate the optimization.
P.-I. Schneider, et al. Using Gaussian process regression for efficient parameter reconstruction. Proc. SPIE 10959, 1095911 (2019).
2019 DOI
Optical Metrology and Sensing, Optical and EUV Lithography, Optimization and Parameter Retrieval Methods, software benchmarks