Event-based simulation of light propagation in lossless dielectric media

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2010.12.017zbMATH Open1288.78005DBLPjournals/cphysics/TrieuMR11arXiv1012.2437OpenAlexW2092597529WikidataQ61757774 ScholiaQ61757774MaRDI QIDQ538562

K. Michielsen, Binh Trieu, H. De Raedt

Publication date: 25 May 2011

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe an event-based approach to simulate the propagation of an electromagnetic plane wave through dielectric media. The basic building block is a deterministic learning machine that is able to simulate a plane interface. We show that a network of two of such machines can simulate the propagation of light through a plane parallel plate. With properly chosen parameters this setup can be used as a beam splitter. The modularity of the simulation method is illustrated by constructing a Mach-Zehnder interferometer from plane parallel plates, the whole system reproducing the results of wave theory. A generalization of the event-based model of the plane parallel plate is also used to simulate a periodically stratified medium.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.2437

zbMATH Keywords

computer simulationinterferenceopticsevent-by-event simulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physical optics (78A10)

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