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We present an approach to solid-state electronic-structure calculations based on the finite-element method. In this method, the basis functions are strictly local, piecewise polynomials. Because the basis is composed of polynomials, the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 J. E. Pask , B. M. Klein , C. Y. Fong , P. A. Sterne

The electronic band structures and optical properties of cubic, tetragonal, and monoclinic phases of HfO2 are calculated using the first-principles linear augmented plane-wave method, within the density functional theory and generalized…

We suggest an inverse dispersion method for calculating photonic band diagram for materials with arbitrary frequency-dependent dielectric functions. The method is able to calculate the complex wave vector for a given frequency by solving…

Optics · Physics 2017-07-11 Mikhail V. Rybin , Mikhail F. Limonov

Numerical calculation of modes in dispersive and absorptive systems is performed using the finite element method. The dispersion is tackled in the frame of an extension of Maxwell's equations where auxiliary fields are added to the…

Optics · Physics 2016-04-20 Yoann Brûlé , Guillaume Demésy , Boris Gralak

In this report we present an investigation of the optical properties and band structure calculations for the photonic structures based on the functional materials- ferroelectrics. A theoretical approach to the optical properties of the 2D…

Optics · Physics 2013-05-08 Sevket Simsek , Amirullah M. Mamedov , Ekmel Ozbay

High-Q optical resonances in photonic microcavities are investigated numerically using a time-harmonic finite-element method.

Optics · Physics 2011-02-23 S. Burger , J. Pomplun , F. Schmidt , L. Zschiedrich

A numerical implementation of the transition state theory (TST) is presented which can be used to calculate the attempt frequency $f_{0}$ of arbitrary shaped magnetic nanostructures. The micromagnetic equations are discretized using the…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-12-24 G. Fiedler , J. Fidler , J. Lee , T. Schrefl , R. L. Stamps , H. B. Braun , D. Suess

In this article we are interested for the numerical study of nonlinear eigenvalue problems. We begin with a review of theoretical results obtained by functional analysis methods, especially for the Schrodinger pencils. Some recall are given…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-24 Fatima Aboud , Francois Jauberteau , Guy Moebs , Didier Robert

In this work we investigate the computation of dispersion relation (i.e., band functions) for three-dimensional photonic crystals, formulated as a parameterized Maxwell eigenvalue problem, using a novel hp-adaptive sampling algorithm. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-18 Yueqi Wang , Richard Craster , Guanglian Li

The purpose of this work is to study a finite element method for finding solutions to the eigenvalue problem for the fractional Laplacian. We prove that the discrete eigenvalue problem converges to the continuous one and we show the order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-04 Juan Pablo Borthagaray , Leandro M. Del Pezzo , Sandra Martínez

We propose an efficient numerical method for a non-selfadjoint Steklov eigenvalue problem. The Lagrange finite element is used for discretization. The convergence is proved using the spectral perturbation theory for compact operators. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-10 Juan Liu , Jiguang Sun , Tiara Turner

We establish new analytic and numerical results on a general class of rational operator Nevanlinna functions that arise e.g. in modelling photonic crystals. The capability of these dielectric nano-structured materials to control the flow of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-07-24 Christian Engström , Heinz Langer , Christiane Tretter

Space group theory is pivotal in the design of nanophotonics devices, enabling the characterization of periodic optical structures such as photonic crystals. The aim of this study is to extend the application of nonsymmorphic space groups…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-02 Lida Liu , Jingwei Wang , Yuhao Jing , Songzi Lin , Zhongfei Xiong , Yuntian Chen

We present a finite-element simulation tool for calculating light fields in 3D nano-optical devices. This allows to solve challenging problems on a standard personal computer. We present solutions to eigenvalue problems, like Bloch-type…

Optics · Physics 2009-05-28 S. Burger , R. Klose , A. Schaedle , F. Schmidt , L. Zschiedrich

We introduce a practical and efficient approach for calculating the all-electron full potential bandstructure in real space, employing a finite element basis. As an alternative to the k-space method, the method involves the self-consistent…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-25 Dongming Li , James Kestyn , Eric Polizzi

Topological photonics is developed based on the analogy of Schr\"{o}dinger equation which is mathematically reduced to a standard eigenvalue equation. Notably, several photonic systems are beyond the standard topological band theory as they…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-16 Takuma Isobe , Tsuneya Yoshida , Yasuhiro Hatsugai

We propose and analyze a finite element method for the Oseen eigenvalue problem. This problem is an extension of the Stokes eigenvalue problem, where the presence of the convective term leads to a non-symmetric problem and hence, to complex…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-10 Felipe Lepe , Gonzalo Rivera , Jesus Vellojin

In this paper, we are concerned with a shape design problem, in which our target is to design, up to rigid transformations and scaling, the shape of an object given either its polarization tensor at multiple contrasts or the partial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-24 Habib Ammari , Yat Tin Chow , Keji Liu , Jun Zou

In our work we focus on the accurate computation of light propagation in finite size photonic crystal structures with the finite element method (FEM). We discuss how we utilize numerical concepts like high-order finite elements, transparent…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jan Pomplun , Lin Zschiedrich , Roland Klose , Frank Schmidt , Sven Burger

In this paper, we consider the operator properties of various phononic eigenvalue problems. We aim to answer some fundamental questions about the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of phononic operators. These include questions about the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-07-09 Amir Ashkan Mokhtari , Yan Lu , Ankit Srivastava