PECASE: Advanced Computational Electromagnetics Models of Photonic Microstructures and Innovative Approaches in Electromagnetics Education

9985004高密度光子微结构可能使高密度光子集成电路具有前所未有的光学信息处理能力。它们的成功关键取决于准确和有效的建模技术的可用性，以理解和利用随着光学设备的尺寸减小到光学波长的长度尺度而出现的新效应。提出的研究计划的主要目标是开发先进的基于时域有限差分方法的第一原理模拟工具，用于模拟电磁波在光子微结构中的传播。这些工具将被用来研究光子晶体中的色散和非线性效应以及垂直腔面发射激光器中的反引导结构。这些计算模型将通过威斯康星大学和惠普实验室的协作工作进行实验验证。拟议教育计划的主要目标是通过在两门本科生电磁学核心课程中使用创新的教学方法和开发一门关于计算电磁学方法的研究生课程来加强电磁学教育。将开发和评估基于网络的讲座，供学生在课堂外使用，以便将更多的课堂时间用于潜在的更高附加值的体验活动。数值方法将被纳入本科和研究生课程。*

9985004HagnessPhotonic microstructures may enable the development of high-densityphotonic integrated circuits with unprecedented optical informationprocessing capabilities. Their success critically depends upon theavailability of accurate and efficient modeling techniques to understandand exploit the novel effects that emerge as the dimensions of opticaldevices are reduced to the length-scale of the optical wavelength. Theprimary objective of the proposed research plan is to develop advancedfirst-principles simulation tools based on the finite-differencetime-domain method for modeling electromagnetic wave propagation inphotonic microstructures. These tools will be used to investigatedispersive and nonlinear effects in photonic crystals and antiguidingstructures in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. The computationalmodels will be experimentally validated through collaborative work at theUniversity of Wisconsin and at the Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. Theprimary objective of the proposed educational plan is to enhanceelectromagnetics education through the use of innovative teachingapproaches in two core undergraduate electromagnetics courses and thedevelopment of a graduate-level course on methods in computationalelectromagnetics. Web-based lectures will be developed and assessed forstudent use outside the classroom so that more time in-class may be usedfor potentially higher value-added experiential activities. Numericalmethods will be incorporated into both undergraduate and graduate-levelcourses.***