Friday,
March 4, 12:00 p.m. PSA 113
Kuan-Chuen Wu
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Introduction to FDTD Simulation for Nanophotonics
Abstract
In the continual quest for higher photovoltaic efficiency, much research
activity has been focused on the realm of nanophotonics. When
fabrication methods are unavailable or impractical, numerical simulation
becomes a necessity. A relevant case in computational nanophotonics is
optical absorption. Many cases demand the full computation of the
electromagnetic fields (e.g. E, H, and S) on a large domain grid. In
this introductory talk, I will outline how the FDTD approach can aid the
study of optical absorption in solar cells.
