DISPERSIVE MODELS FOR THE FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD : DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND IMPLEMENTATION

Digital signal processing techniques are used to design, analyze, and implement discrete models of polarization dispersion in finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations. These methods are warranted by the extreme importance of dispersion to the propagation behavior of femtosecond-duration optical pulses. Input-invariant and frequency-approximation methods of designing discrete analogs of continuous-time dispersive electromagnetic systems are presented. Our methods are shown to unify existing design techniques. The inherent accuracy of each dispersive design is quantified by truncation error and frequency response methods, and stability analysis of the total FDTD system is found through root locus techniques. Implementation of the design is accomplished by algebraic manipulation of the system function in the frequency domain, resulting in canonical, partial fraction, or cascade structures that minimize the number of stored variables and provide a trade-off between efficiency and sensitivity to finite precision.

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