TaCoNa-Photonics 2011

Application of the Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain Method to the Optics of Bi-Chiral Plasmonic Crystals

Yevgen Grynko1, Jens Förstner1, Torsten Meier1, André Radke2, Timo Gissibl2, Paul V. Braun3, Harald Giessen2
1Department of Physics & CeOPP, University of Paderborn, Warburger Str. 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
24. Physikalisches Institut, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
3Department of Materials Science and Engineering,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Abstract: A simulation environment for metallic nanostructures based on the Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain method is presented. It is used to model optical transmission by silver bi-chiral plasmonic crystals. The results of simulations qualitatively and quantitavely agree with experimental measurements of transmitted circular polarization.
Presentation type: Oral