Modeling light propagation in wave-optical engineering

Thomas Paul; Hagen Schimmel; Frank Wyrowski

doi:10.1117/12.555465

1 September 2004 Modeling light propagation in wave-optical engineering

Thomas Paul, Hagen Schimmel, Frank Wyrowski

Proceedings Volume 5456, Photon Management; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555465
Event: Photonics Europe, 2004, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

In wave-optical engineering the propagation of light through an optical system can be simulated by using several physical approximations. Independent of the used method it is necessary to have full access to the complete electromagnetic field information in the desired regions. In this article we firstly go into the question what the required information is to get access to the whole electromagnetic field and as a second step we give some insights into physical modeling accuracy and numerical accuracy which is of high importance to evaluate the quality of the calculated results.

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Thomas Paul, Hagen Schimmel, and Frank Wyrowski "Modeling light propagation in wave-optical engineering", Proc. SPIE 5456, Photon Management, (1 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555465

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