Event-based simulation of light propagation in lossless dielectric media

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• 作者：Binh Trieu^a ; Kristel Michielsen^a ; Hans De Raedt^b ; ^{h.a.de.raedt@rug.nl}
• 关键词：Computer simulation ; Event-by-event simulation ; Interference ; Optics
• 刊名：Computer Physics Communications
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：March 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：182
• 期：3
• 页码：726-734
• 全文大小：345 K

文摘

We describe an event-based approach to simulate the propagation of an electromagnetic plane wave through dielectric media. The basic building block is a deterministic learning machine that is able to simulate a plane interface. We show that a network of two of such machines can simulate the propagation of light through a plane parallel plate. With properly chosen parameters this setup can be used as a beam splitter. The modularity of the simulation method is illustrated by constructing a Mach–Zehnder interferometer from plane parallel plates, the whole system reproducing the results of wave theory. A generalization of the event-based model of the plane parallel plate is also used to simulate a periodically stratified medium.