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Magnetostatic field calculations in micromagnetic simulations can be numerically expensive, particularly in the case of large-scale finite element simulations. The established finite element / boundary element method (FEM/BEM) by Fredkin &…

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This paper presents and analyses a Constraint Energy Minimization Generalized Multiscale Finite Element Method (CEM-GMsFEM) for solving single-phase non-linear compressible flows in highly heterogeneous media. The construction of CEM-GMsFEM…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-31 Leonardo A. Poveda , Shubin Fu , Eric T. Chung , Lina Zhao

Sensors and actuators based on resonant micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), such as scanning micro mirrors, are well-established in automotive and consumer products. As the areas of application broaden, the requirements for the MEMS…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-02-07 Ulrike Nabholz , Florian Stockmar , Jan E. Mehner , Peter Degenfeld-Schonburg

Neurosurgery interventions involve complex tracking systems because a tissue deformation takesplace. The neuronavigation system relies only on preoperative images. In order to overcome the soft tissue deformations and guarantee the accuracy…

Medical Physics · Physics 2007-10-03 Claudio Lobos , Marek Bucki , Yohan Payan , Nancy Hitschfeld

We introduce our new program to develop two-dimensional MEMS arrays of individually addressable micro-mirrors (''Micro-Mirror Devices'', MMDs) specifically optimized for astronomy, multi-slit spectroscopy in particular. After reviewing the…

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Inverse design is a commonly used methodology for creating devices that manipulate electromagnetic (EM) waves by algorithmically modifying device parameters to achieve a desired functionality. Utilizing plasma, a dynamically tunable medium,…

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is widely used to solve discrete Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) in engineering and graphics applications. The popularity of FEM led to the development of a large family of variants, most of which…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2022-03-10 Teseo Schneider , Yixin Hu , Xifeng Gao , Jeremie Dumas , Denis Zorin , Daniele Panozzo

Spectral element methods (SEM), which are extensions of finite element methods (FEM), are important emerging techniques for solving partial differential equations in physics and engineering. SEM can potentially deliver better accuracy due…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-28 Jacob Jones , Rebecca Conley , Xiangmin Jiao

In this work, an optimization-based inverse design method is provided for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) metastructured devices. Typically, optimization-based methods use a full-wave solver in conjunction with an optimization routine to…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Luke Szymanski , Gurkan Gok , Anthony Grbic

Fabrication imperfections must be considered during configuration to ensure that the setup is suitable for the actual fabricated programmable photonic integrated circuits (PPICs). Therefore, characterization of imperfections is crucial but…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-11 Ran Tao , Jifang Qiu , Yuchen Chen , Bowen Zhang , Yan Li , Hongxiang Guo , Jian Wu

We recently found that the electromagnetic scattering problem can be very fast in an approach expressing the fields in terms of orthonormal basis functions. In this paper we apply computational conformal geometry with the conformal energy…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-19 Pengcheng Wan , Zhong-Heng Tan , S. T. Chui , Tiexiang Li , S. T. Yau

As the demand for efficient data processing escalates, reconfigurable analog hardware which implements novel analog compute paradigms, is promising for energy-efficient computing at the sensing and actuation boundaries. These analog…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Yu-Neng Wang , Sara Achour

A new field of numerical astrophysics is introduced which addresses the solution of large, multidimensional structural or slowly-evolving problems (rotating stars, interacting binaries, thick advective accretion disks, four dimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 David L. Meier

The performance of electron energy-loss spectrometers can often be limited by their electron-optical aberrations. Due to recent developments in high energy-resolution and momentum-resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), there is…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-28 Yueming Guo , Andrew R. Lupini

In this work, we present a new multi-view depth estimation method that utilizes both conventional reconstruction and learning-based priors over the recently proposed neural radiance fields (NeRF). Unlike existing neural network based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Yi Wei , Shaohui Liu , Yongming Rao , Wang Zhao , Jiwen Lu , Jie Zhou

We present a novel technique by which highly-segmented electrostatic configurations can be solved. The Robin Hood method is a matrix-inversion algorithm optimized for solving high density boundary element method (BEM) problems. We…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-11-23 J. A. Formaggio , P. Lazic , T. J. Corona , H. Stefancic , H. Abraham , F. Gluck

The optical cross sections of plasmonic nanoparticles are intricately linked to the morphology of the particle. If this connection can be made accurately enough, it would become possible to determine a particles shape solely from its…

This paper proposes a low order geometrically exact flexible beam formulation based on the utilisation of generic beam shape functions to approximate distributed kinematic properties of the deformed structure. The proposed nonlinear beam…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-09-05 C. Howcroft , R. G. Cook , S. A. Neild , M. H. Lowenberg , J. E. Cooper , E. B. Coetzee

Purpose -- RF circuits often possess a multi-rate behavior. Slow changing baseband signals and fast oscillating carrier signals often occur in the same circuit. Frequency modulated signals pose a particular challenge.…

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