東大数値解析セミナー (UTNAS) 第143回

東京大学大学院数理科学研究科と情報理工学系研究科では,本年度も数値解析セミナーを定期的(月に1,2回程度)に開催致します.
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講演者
Andreas Rathsfeld (The Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin)

題目
Analysis of the Scattering Matrix Algorithm (RCWA) for Diffraction by Periodic Surface Structures

概要
The scattering matrix algorithm is a popular numerical method for the diffraction of optical waves by periodic surfaces. The computational domain is divided into horizontal slices and, by a clever recursion, an approximated operator, mapping incoming into outgoing waves, is obtained. Combining this with numerical schemes inside the slices, methods like RCWA and FMM have been designed.

The key for the analysis is the scattering problem with special radiation conditions for inhomogeneous cover materials. If the numerical scheme inside the slices is the FEM, then the scattering matrix algorithm is nothing else than a clever version of a domain decomposition method.