0607156v2

related topics
{cavity, atom, atoms}
{force, casimir, field}
{equation, function, exp}
{let, theorem, proof}
{group, space, representation}
{vol, operators, histories}
{error, code, errors}
{theory, mechanics, state}
{state, algorithm, problem}
{algorithm, log, probability}

Ex-house 2D finite-element simulation of the whispering-gallery modes of arbitrarily shaped axisymmetric electromagnetic resonators

Mark Oxborrow

abstract: It is described, explicitly, how a popular, commercially-available software package for solving partial-differential-equations (PDEs), as based on the finite-element method (FEM), can be configured to calculate the frequencies and fields of the whispering-gallery (WG) modes of axisymmetric dielectric resonators. The approach is traceable; it exploits the PDE-solver's ability to accept the definition of solutions to Maxwell's equations in so-called `weak form'. Associated expressions and methods for estimating a WG mode's volume, filling factor(s) and, in the case of closed(open) resonators, its wall (radiation) loss, are provided. As no transverse approxi-mation is imposed, the approach remains accurate even for so-called quasi-TM and -TE modes of low, finite azimuthal mode order. The approach's generality and utility are demonstrated by modeling several non-trivial structures: (i)two different optical microcavities [one toroidal made of silica, the other an AlGaAs microdisk]; (ii) a 3rd-order microwave Bragg cavity containing alumina layers (iii) two different cryogenic sapphire X-band microwave resonators. By fitting one of the latter to a set of measured resonance frequencies, the dielectric constants of sapphire at liquid-helium temperature have been estimated.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0607156
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
21 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables; submitted to IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. Corrected 20th March 2007
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0607156
created:
2006-07-23
updated:
2007-03-20

Full article ▸

related documents
0610019v2
0703123v1
0610158v4
0612182v3
0608228v1
0702125v2
0702198v1
0609197v2
0610140v2
0703040v3
0611225v2
0610068v1
0610188v1
0703174v4
0609200v1
0612136v1
0609213v1
0610227v1
0703262v3
0608122v2
0701162v3
0609023v1
0702078v2
0703076v2
0701227v2