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  1. Element sensitive reconstruction of nanostructured surfaces with finite elements and grazing incidence soft X-ray fluorescence

    The geometry of lamellar gratings is investigated experimentally with reference-free grazing-incidence X-ray fluorescence analysis. The demonstrated combination of GIXRF and finite-element simulations paves the way for a versatile characterization of nanoscale-structured surfaces.

    V. Soltwisch, et al. Element sensitive reconstruction of nanostructured surfaces with finite elements and grazing incidence soft X-ray fluorescence. Nanoscale 10, 6177 (2018).

    2018 DOI

    Optical Metrology and Sensing, Optical and EUV Lithography, Light Scattering Computation, Optimization and Parameter Retrieval Methods

  2. Design of front textures for solar cells

    JCMsuite is used for quantitative design of textures for efficient solar cells.

    S. Nanz, et al. Light‐Trapping Front Textures for Solar Cells from Tailored Mixtures of Nanospheres: A Numerical Study. Phys. Status Solidi A 215, 1800699 (2018).

    2018 DOI

    Photovoltaics, diffractive optics, Light Scattering Computation

  3. Enhanced the photon-extraction efficiency of quantum dots by using microlenses

    Deterministically fabricated microlenses are used to realized high extraction efficiency from single quantum dots. FEM simulations allow for device design.

    A. Kaganskiy, et al. Enhancing the photon-extraction efficiency of site-controlled quantum dots by deterministically fabricated microlenses, Opt. Commun. 413, 162 (2018).

    2018 DOI

    Light Sources, other fields, quantum optics, Advanced Finite Element Methods, Light Scattering Computation

  4. Nanophotonic Light Management for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells.

    Numerical simulations are used to study how well hexagonal sinusoidal nanotextures in the perovskite top-cell can reduce the reflective losses of the combined tandem device.

    D. Chen, et al. Nanophotonic Light Management for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells. J. Photonics Energy, 8, 022601 (2018).

    2018 DOI Publication link

    Photovoltaics, Light Scattering Computation

  5. Nanophotonic-Enhanced Two-Photon-Excited Photoluminescence of Perovskite Quantum Dots

    Experimental and numerical analysis allows to relate two-photon-pumped photoluminescence of quantum dots to near field enhancement effects in photonic crystals.

    C. Becker, et al. Nanophotonic-Enhanced Two-Photon-Excited Photoluminescence of Perovskite Quantum Dots. ACS Photonics 5, 4668 (2018).

    2018 DOI Publication link

    diffractive optics, nonlinear optics, photonic crystals, quantum optics, Light Scattering Computation

  6. Optimize rough backreflectors of solar cells

    Full wave FEM simulations are used to reliably design light-trapping surface textures.

    S. Nanz, et al. Strategy for tailoring the size distribution of nanospheres to optimize rough backreflectors of solar cells. Opt. Express 26, A111 (2018).

    2018 DOI Publication link

    Metamaterials, Photovoltaics, Light Scattering Computation

  7. Single Quantum Dot with Microlens and 3D-Printed Micro-objective as Integrated Bright Single-Photon Source

    A bright single-photon source realized by on-chip integration of a deterministic quantum dot microlens with a 3D-printed multilens micro-objective is demonstrated. FEM simulations are used for optical design.

    S. Fischbach, et al. Single Quantum Dot with Microlens and 3D-Printed Micro-objective as Integrated Bright Single-Photon Source. ACS Photonics 4, 1327 (2018).

    2018 DOI

    Light Sources, diffractive optics, quantum optics, Light Scattering Computation

  8. Simulations of thin-film solar cells with a thick glass superstrate

    Hexagonal sinusoidal nanotextured silica-silicon interfaces are studied in numerical simulations. A comparison with experimental data reveals that higher-order corrections can predict the measured reflectivity of the samples much better than an often-applied zeroth-order correction.

    K. Jäger, et al. On accurate simulations of thin-film solar cells with a thick glass superstrate. Opt. Express 26, A99 (2018).

    2018 DOI Publication link

    Photovoltaics, Light Scattering Computation, other methods

  9. Enhanced Directional Emission from Monolayer WSe2 Integrated onto a Multiresonant Silicon-Based Photonic Structure

    Enhanced and directional emission from a WSe2 monolayer integrated onto a silicon photonic structure is demonstrated. FEM simulations support the design of the photonic structure.

    H. Chen, et al. Enhanced Directional Emission from Monolayer WSe2 Integrated onto a Multiresonant Silicon-Based Photonic Structure. ACS Photonics 4, 3031 (2017).

    2017 DOI

    Light Sources, Metamaterials, integrated optics, photonic crystals, quantum optics, Light Scattering Computation

  10. FEM for validation of alternative scattering computation method.

    JCMsuite is used for validation of an integral method for computing scattering response of finite dielectric objects.

    R. J. Dilz, et al. 2D TM scattering problem for finite dielectric objects in a dielectric stratified medium employing Gabor frames in a domain integral equation. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 34, 1315 (2017).

    2017 DOI

    Optical Metrology and Sensing, Optical and EUV Lithography, other fields, Light Scattering Computation, software benchmarks

  11. High harmonic generation in corrugated micrometer-scale waveguides

    JCMsuite is used to solve linear propagation of light fields in nanostructured waveguides.

    A. Husakou. Quasi-phase-matched high harmonic generation in corrugated micrometer-scale waveguides. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 34, 137 (2017).

    2017 DOI Publication link

    nonlinear optics, Light Scattering Computation

  12. Light management by nanostructures in chalcopyrite solar cells

    FEM simulations are used in studies of light management by nanostructures in photovoltaic devices.

    M. Schmid. Review on light management by nanostructures in chalcopyrite solar cells. Semicond. Sci. Technol. 32, 043003 (2017).

    2017 DOI

    Photovoltaics, Light Scattering Computation

  13. Metrology of nanoscale grating structures by UV scatterometry

    Goniometric scatterometry measurements of gratings with linewidths down to 25 nm on silicon wafers with an inspection wavelength of 266 nm are presented. Data evaluation is performed using FEM based light scattering simulations. As results the reconstruction of the complete cross-section profile is presented.

    M. Wurm, et al. Metrology of nanoscale grating structures by UV scatterometry. Opt. Express 25, 2460 (2017).

    2017 DOI Publication link

    Optical Metrology and Sensing, Light Scattering Computation, Optimization and Parameter Retrieval Methods

  14. Quantifying parameter uncertainties in optical scatterometry using Bayesian inversion

    A Newton-like method is presented to solve inverse problems and to quantify parameter uncertainties. FEM, including direct computation of partial derivatives, is used to solve the forward-problem.

    M. Hammerschmidt, et al. Quantifying parameter uncertainties in optical scatterometry using Bayesian inversion. Proc. SPIE 10330, 1033004 (2017).

    2017 DOI Publication link

    Optical Metrology and Sensing, other fields, Advanced Finite Element Methods, Light Scattering Computation, Optimization and Parameter Retrieval Methods, Uncertainty Quantification Methods

  15. Optical field and attractive force at a subwavelength slit

    FEM is used to validate analytical models for computing plasmonic excitations in metal subwavelength slits.

    D. Shapiro, et al. Optical field and attractive force at the subwavelength slit. Opt. Express 24, 15972 (2016).

    2016 DOI Publication link

    diffractive optics, other fields, plasmonics, Advanced Finite Element Methods, Light Scattering Computation, software benchmarks

  16. Strong and directionally specific forward scattering from optical nanoantennas

    Near- and far-field analyses of optical scattering from asymmetric dimer nanoantennas is performed using JCMsuite.

    A. Abass, et al. Insights into directional scattering: from coupled dipoles to asymmetric dimer nanoantennas. Opt. Express 24, 19638 (2016).

    2016 DOI Publication link

    diffractive optics, optical resonators and antennas, plasmonics, Advanced Finite Element Methods, Light Scattering Computation

  17. Design of a plasmonic near-field tip for super-resolution IR-imaging

    A metallic near-field probe is designed that relies on plasmonic excitations and adiabatic field compression and allows for subwavelength field confinement.

    F. Ballout. Design of a plasmonic near-field tip for super-resolution IR-imaging. arXiv preprint 1605.04169 (2016).

    2016 Publication link

    Optical Metrology and Sensing, Photonic Waveguides and Fibers, plasmonics, Light Scattering Computation

  18. Modeling of Optical Imaging of Finite Multi-Line Arrays.

    The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a dataset which contains MATLAB based scripting files and input files for the software package JCMsuite that enable the modeling of optical imaging of fionite multi-line arrays.

    M. A. Henn and B. M. Barnes. A Library to Enable the Modeling of Optical Imaging of Finite Multi-Line Arrays. DOI: 10.18434/T42C7D (2016).

    2016 DOI

    Optical Metrology and Sensing, Optical and EUV Lithography, Light Scattering Computation, other methods

  19. Grating couplers for mode multiplexed systems

    JCMsuite is used to design fiber grating couplers on SOI for excitation of several LP fiber modes.

    B. Wohlfeil, et al. Numerical simulation of grating couplers for mode multiplexed systems. Proc. SPIE 8988, 89880K (2014).

    2014 DOI Publication link

    diffractive optics, integrated optics, Light Scattering Computation, Propagation Mode Computation

  20. Design of nanostructured plasmonic back contacts for thin-film silicon solar cells

    A plasmonic light-trapping concept based on plasmon induced light scattering at nanostructured Ag back contacts of thin-film silicon solar cells is presented. The electromagnetic interaction between incident light and localized surface plasmon polariton resonances in nanostructured Ag back contacts was simulated with JCMsuite.

    U. W. Paetzold, et al. Design of nanostructured plasmonic back contacts for thin-film silicon solar cells. Opt. Express 19, A1219 (2011).

    2011 DOI Publication link

    Photovoltaics, Light Scattering Computation