Wide-angle absorption of visible light from simple bilayers.

Color-selective absorption of light is a very significant operation used in numerous applications, from photonic sensing and switching to optical signal modulation and energy harnessing. We demonstrate angle-insensitive and polarization-independent absorption by thin bilayers comprising ordinary bulk media: dielectrics, semiconductors, and metals. Several highly efficient designs for each color of the visible spectrum are reported, and their internal fields' distributions reveal the resonance mechanism of absorption.

Convergence analysis and oscillations in the method of fictitious sources applied to dielectric scattering problems.

Several wave scattering phenomena in optics are modeled by the method of fictitious sources (MFS). Despite its interesting features, the effectiveness of the MFS and its applicability are restricted by open issues, including the placement of the fictitious sources (FS) and the fields' convergence. Concerning these issues, we investigate here the MFS convergence and study oscillations in its solutions for a representative scattering problem of a dielectric cylinder illuminated by a current filament.

Linearization of the T-matrix solution for quasi-homogeneous scatterers.

Interesting applications arising in optical and chemical engineering, environmental science, and biology motivate the investigation of electromagnetic wave scattering problems by radially inhomogeneous obstacles. Our main purpose is the investigation of plane-wave scattering by quasi-homogeneous obstacles, that is, obstacles with wavenumbers not exhibiting large variations from a specific average value k . The analysis is presented separately for a slab (1D), a cylindrical (2D), and a spherical (3D) scatterer.

Rigorous integral equation analysis of nonsymmetric coupled grating slab waveguides.

A rigorous integral equation formulation in conjunction with Green's function theory is used to analyze the waveguiding and coupling phenomena in nonsymmetric (composed of dissimilar slabs) optical couplers with gratings etched on both slabs. The resulting integral equation is solved by applying an entire-domain Galerkin technique based on a Fourier series expansion of the unknown electric field on the grating regions. The proposed analysis actually constitutes a special type of the method of moments and provides high numerical stability and controllable accuracy.

Integral equation analysis of coupling in symmetric grating-assisted optical waveguides.

The propagation and coupling phenomena in grating-assisted optical couplers are analyzed by using an integral equation formulation and applying an entire-domain Galerkin technique. The proposed method constitutes a special type of the method of moments and provides high numerical stability and controllable accuracy. The electric field in the grating region is the unknown quantity and the resulting integral equation is subsequently solved by using Galerkin's method.

Green's-function method for the analysis of propagation in holey fibers.

A Green's-function method is employed to provide a rigorous analysis to the propagation and coupling phenomena in holey fibers. The analysis is carried out for an arbitrary grid of circular air holes of the fiber guide, while the electromagnetic field is taken to be a vector quantity. Application of the Green's-function concept leads to a coupled system of equations incorporating as unknowns the field expansion coefficients to cylindrical wave functions within the air holes.