Lumerical Solutions FDTD v8.0

New Features in FDTD Solutions 8.0 User-defined dispersive, gain, anisotropic & nonlinear materials Built-in χ(2) and paramagnetic materials Non-diagonal anisotropic materials including liquid crystals and magneto-optical materials Improved analysis and visualization tools with the Results Manager and Visualizer Modal expansion monitors with arbitrary rotation Mode sources with arbitrary rotation FDTD Solutions Overview 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. Key Benefits of FDTD Solutions 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 f

acilitate fast learning and rapid deployment FDTD Solutions Features Simulation of Arbitrary Geometries in 2D, 3D Concurrent Computing on Multiple Computers Optimization Framework Dispersive, Nonlinear, Gain and Anisotropic Material Modeling Capabilities Parallel Computation on Multicore and Multinode Systems Optimized Computational Engine Advanced Meshing Algorithms Including Conformal Mesh Powerful Scripting Language Design Parameterization and Hierarchical Layout Movies of Simulation Dynamics Featured Applications of FDTD Solutions 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: