@inproceedings{3961, abstract = {{Previous experimental measurements and numerical simulations give evidence of strong electric and magnetic field interaction between split-ring resonators in dense arrays. One can expect that such interactions have an influence on the second harmonic generation. We apply the Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain method and the hydrodynamic Maxwell-Vlasov model to simulate the linear and nonlinear optical response from SRR arrays. The simulations show that dense placement of the constituent building blocks appears not always optimal and collective effects can lead to a significant suppression of the near fields at the fundamental frequency and, consequently, to the decrease of the SHG intensity. We demonstrate also the great role of the symmetry degree of the array layout which results in the variation of the SHG efficiency in range of two orders of magnitude.}}, author = {{Grynko, Yevgen and Meier, Torsten and Linden, Stefan and Niesler, Fabian B. P. and Wegener, Martin and Förstner, Jens}}, booktitle = {{Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XVII}}, editor = {{Betz, Markus and Elezzabi, Abdulhakem Y. and Song, Jin-Joo and Tsen, Kong-Thon}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_shg, tet_topic_meta}}, pages = {{86230L--86230L--9}}, publisher = {{SPIE}}, title = {{{Optimal second-harmonic generation in split-ring resonator arrays}}}, doi = {{10.1117/12.2003279}}, volume = {{8623}}, year = {{2013}}, } @inproceedings{3980, abstract = {{Paper Abstract High harmonic generation is investigated for a two-band model of a semiconductor nanostructure. Similar to an atomic two-level system, the semiconductor emits high harmonic radiation. We show how one can specifically enhance the emission for a given frequency by applying a non-trivially shaped laser pulse. Therefore, the semiconductor Bloch equations including the interband and additionally the intraband dynamics are solved numerically and the spectral shape of the input pulse is computed via an optimization algorithm. It is demonstrated that desired emission frequencies can be favored even though the overall input power is kept constant. We also suggest special metallic nano geometries to achieve enhanced localized optical fields. They are found by geometric optimization.}}, author = {{Reichelt, Matthias and Hildebrandt, Andre and Walther, Andrea and Förstner, Jens and Meier, Torsten}}, booktitle = {{Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XVI}}, isbn = {{9780819489036 }}, keywords = {{tet_topic_shg}}, publisher = {{SPIE}}, title = {{{Engineering high harmonic generation in semiconductors via pulse shaping}}}, doi = {{10.1117/12.906338}}, volume = {{8260}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{2106, abstract = {{Although the benefits of FPGAs for accelerating scientific codes are widely acknowledged, the use of FPGA accelerators in scientific computing is not widespread because reaping these benefits requires knowledge of hardware design methods and tools that is typically not available with domain scientists. A promising but hardly investigated approach is to develop tool flows that keep the common languages for scientific code (C,C++, and Fortran) and allow the developer to augment the source code with OpenMPlike directives for instructing the compiler which parts of the application shall be offloaded the FPGA accelerator. In this work we study whether the promise of effective FPGA acceleration with an OpenMP-like programming effort can actually be held. Our target system is the Convey HC-1 reconfigurable computer for which an OpenMP-like programming environment exists. As case study we use an application from computational nanophotonics. Our results show that a developer without previous FPGA experience could create an FPGA-accelerated application that is competitive to an optimized OpenMP-parallelized CPU version running on a two socket quad-core server. Finally, we discuss our experiences with this tool flow and the Convey HC-1 from a productivity and economic point of view.}}, author = {{Meyer, Björn and Schumacher, Jörn and Plessl, Christian and Förstner, Jens}}, booktitle = {{Proc. Int. Conf. on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL)}}, keywords = {{funding-upb-forschungspreis, funding-maxup, tet_topic_hpc}}, pages = {{189--196}}, publisher = {{IEEE}}, title = {{{Convey Vector Personalities – FPGA Acceleration with an OpenMP-like Effort?}}}, doi = {{10.1109/FPL.2012.6339370}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{3974, abstract = {{We study the quantum properties and statistics of photons emitted by a quantum-dot biexciton inside a cavity. In the biexciton-exciton cascade, fine-structure splitting between exciton levels degrades polarization-entanglement for the emitted pair of photons. However, here we show that the polarization-entanglement can be preserved in such a system through simultaneous emission of two degenerate photons into cavity modes tuned to half the biexciton energy. Based on detailed theoretical calculations for realistic quantum-dot and cavity parameters, we quantify the degree of achievable entanglement.}}, author = {{Schumacher, Stefan and Förstner, Jens and Zrenner, Artur and Florian, Matthias and Gies, Christopher and Gartner, Paul and Jahnke, Frank}}, issn = {{1094-4087}}, journal = {{Optics Express}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_qd}}, number = {{5}}, pages = {{5335--5342}}, publisher = {{OSA}}, title = {{{Cavity-assisted emission of polarization-entangled photons from biexcitons in quantum dots with fine-structure splitting}}}, doi = {{10.1364/oe.20.005335}}, volume = {{20}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{3965, abstract = {{We design the geometrical shape of plasmonic nanostructures to achieve field patterns with desired properties. For this, we combine Maxwell simulations and automatic optimization techniques. By allowing variations of the geometrical shape, which can be based on either boxes or arbitrary polygons, we maximize the desired objective.}}, author = {{Hildebrandt, Andre and Reichelt, Matthias and Meier, Torsten and Förstner, Jens}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_optical antenna, tet_topic_plasmonics}}, location = {{Bad Honnef}}, number = {{59}}, publisher = {{AIP AIP Conference Proceedings 1475}}, title = {{{Optimization of the intensity enhancement in plasmonic nanoantennas}}}, doi = {{10.1063/1.4750095}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{3972, abstract = {{Using a finite-difference time-domain method, we theoretically investigate the optical spectra of crossing perpendicular photonic crystal waveguides with quantum dots embedded in the central rod. The waveguides are designed so that the light mainly propagates along one direction and the cross talk is greatly reduced in the transverse direction. It is shown that when a quantum dot (QD) is resonant with the cavity, strong coupling can be observed via both the transmission and crosstalk spectrum. If the cavity is far off-resonant from the QD, both the cavity mode and the QD signal can be detected in the transverse direction since the laser field is greatly suppressed in this direction. This structure could have strong implications for resonant excitation and in-plane detection of QD optical spectroscopy.}}, author = {{Song, Xiaohong and Declair, Stefan and Meier, Torsten and Zrenner, Artur and Förstner, Jens}}, issn = {{1094-4087}}, journal = {{Optics Express}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_phc, tet_topic_qd}}, number = {{13}}, pages = {{14130--14136}}, publisher = {{The Optical Society}}, title = {{{Photonic crystal waveguides intersection for resonant quantum dot optical spectroscopy detection}}}, doi = {{10.1364/oe.20.014130}}, volume = {{20}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{3967, abstract = {{We simulate the linear and nonlinear optical response from split-ring resonator (SRR) arrays to study collective effects between the constituent SRRs that determine spectral properties of the second harmonic generation (SHG). We apply the Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain (DGTD) method and the hydrodynamic Maxwell-Vlasov model to calculate the SHG emission. Our model is able to qualitatively reproduce and explain the non-monotonic dependence of the spectral SHG transmission measured experimentally for SRR arrays with different lattice constants}}, author = {{Grynko, Yevgen and Meier, Torsten and Linden, Stefan and Niesler, Fabian B. P. and Wegener, Martin and Förstner, Jens}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_meta, tet_topic_shg}}, location = {{Bad Honnef}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{128--130}}, publisher = {{AIP Conference Proceedings}}, title = {{{Near-field coupling and second-harmonic generation in split-ring resonator arrays}}}, doi = {{10.1063/1.4750118}}, volume = {{1475}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{3970, abstract = {{Optical experiments on second-harmonic generation from split-ring-resonator square arrays show a nonmonotonic dependence of the conversion efficiency on the lattice constant. This finding is interpreted in terms of a competition between dilution effects and linewidth or near-field changes due to interactions among the individual elements in the array.}}, author = {{Linden, S. and Niesler, F. B. P. and Förstner, Jens and Grynko, Yevgen and Meier, Torsten and Wegener, M.}}, issn = {{0031-9007}}, journal = {{Physical Review Letters}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_shg, tet_topic_meta}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{American Physical Society (APS)}}, title = {{{Collective Effects in Second-Harmonic Generation from Split-Ring-Resonator Arrays}}}, doi = {{10.1103/physrevlett.109.015502}}, volume = {{109}}, year = {{2012}}, } @misc{4171, abstract = {{The method involves exciting a quantum system with photons in a polarization state. Two states of the quantum system are excited with linear horizontal and vertical polarizations that are orthogonal to each other, where the states exhibit an energetic gap smaller than energetic bandwidth of photons. The states are assigned based on the polarizations, where the quantum system is arranged in a superposition state. The quantum system is formed by a quantum bit that is formed as a two-level system.}}, author = {{Förstner, Jens and Mantei, D. and de Vasconcellos, S. Michaelis and Zrenner, Artur}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_qd}}, title = {{{Method for transmission of information about polarization state of photons to stationary system}}}, year = {{2011}}, } @inproceedings{4312, abstract = {{The intensity dependence of optically-induced injection currents in semiconductor quantum wells is investigated numerically. Oscillatory behavior of the electron charge current transients as function of intensity and time is predicted and explained.}}, author = {{Pochwala, Michal and Duc, Huynh Thanh and Förstner, Jens and Meier, Torsten}}, booktitle = {{CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications}}, isbn = {{9781557529107}}, issn = {{2160-8989 }}, keywords = {{tet_topic_qw}}, location = {{Baltimore, Maryland (USA)}}, publisher = {{Optical Society of America}}, title = {{{Intensity dependence of optically-induced injection currents in semiconductor quantum wells}}}, doi = {{10.1364/qels.2011.qmk4}}, year = {{2011}}, } @inproceedings{4043, abstract = {{We present numerical results of the mutual coupling between photonic crystal cavities and semiconductor quantum dots. Normal mode splitting between a single cavity mode and a single quantum dot is shown under weak excitation, while under strong excitation Q‐factor dependent side bands appear, according to the AC‐Stark effect. Coupled photonic crystals, aligned parallel but displaced under a 30°‐angle for efficient coupling, show line splittings of all eigenmodes, if a single eigenmode is resonantly coupled to a single quantum dot. The mutual coupling of N resonant quantum dots to a single cavity mode results in a N−−√ scaling of the splitting, known from quantum optics, but corrected by the field amplitude fraction for not collocated quantum dots.}}, author = {{Declair, S. and Song, X. and Meier, Torsten and Förstner, Jens}}, booktitle = {{THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 2011}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_phc, tet_topic_qd}}, location = {{Bad Honnef}}, number = {{123}}, pages = {{123--125}}, publisher = {{AIP}}, title = {{{Simulation of Mutual Coupling of Photonic Crystal Cavity Modes and Semiconductor Quantum Dots}}}, doi = {{10.1063/1.3644232}}, volume = {{1398}}, year = {{2011}}, } @inproceedings{4048, abstract = {{We present an ab-initio method for calculating nonlinear and nonlocal optical effects in metallic slabs with sub-wavelength thickness. We find a strong localization of the second-harmonic current at the metal-vacuum interface.}}, author = {{Wand, Mathias and Schindlmayr, Arno and Meier, Torsten and Förstner, Jens}}, booktitle = {{CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications }}, isbn = {{978-1-4577-1223-4}}, issn = {{2160-8989}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_shg}}, location = {{Baltimore, Maryland, United States}}, publisher = {{Optical Society of America}}, title = {{{Theoretical approach to the ultrafast nonlinear optical response of metal slabs}}}, doi = {{10.1364/CLEO_AT.2011.JTuI59}}, year = {{2011}}, } @inproceedings{2194, author = {{Meyer, Björn and Plessl, Christian and Förstner, Jens}}, booktitle = {{Symp. on Application Accelerators in High Performance Computing (SAAHPC)}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_hpc}}, pages = {{60--63}}, publisher = {{IEEE Computer Society}}, title = {{{Transformation of scientific algorithms to parallel computing code: subdomain support in a MPI-multi-GPU backend}}}, doi = {{10.1109/SAAHPC.2011.12}}, year = {{2011}}, } @inproceedings{4042, 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.}}, author = {{Grynko, Yevgen and Förstner, Jens and Meier, Torsten and Radke, André and Gissibl, Timo and Braun, Paul V. and Giessen, Harald}}, editor = {{Chigrin, Dmitry N.}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_meta}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{76--78}}, publisher = {{AIP}}, title = {{{Application of the Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain Method to the Optics of Bi-Chiral Plasmonic Crystals}}}, doi = {{10.1063/1.3644217}}, volume = {{1398}}, year = {{2011}}, } @article{4089, abstract = {{We study the influence of the phonon environment on the electron dynamics in a doped quantum dot molecule. A non-perturbative quantumkinetic theory based on correlation expansion is used in order to describe both diagonal and off-diagonal electron-phonon couplings representing real and virtual processes with relevant acoustic phonons. We show that the relaxation is dominated by phononassisted electron tunneling between constituent quantum dots and occurs on a picosecond time scale. The dependence of the time evolution of the quantum dot occupation probabilities on the energy mismatch between the quantum dots is studied in detail.}}, author = {{Grodecka-Grad, Anna and Förstner, Jens}}, issn = {{1862-6351}}, journal = {{physica status solidi (c)}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_qd}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{1125--1128}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Phonon-assisted decoherence and tunneling in quantum dot molecules}}}, doi = {{10.1002/pssc.201000824}}, volume = {{8}}, year = {{2011}}, } @article{4120, abstract = {{The intensity dependence of optically-induced injection currents in unbiased GaAs semiconductor quantum wells grown in [110] direction is investigated theoretically for a number of well widths. Our microscopic analysis is based on a 14 x 14 band k . p method in combination with the multisubband semiconductor Bloch equations. An oscillatory dependence of the injection current transients as function of intensity and time is predicted and explained. It is demonstrated that optical excitations involving different subbands and Rabi flopping are responsible for this complex dynamics.}}, author = {{Pochwała, Michał and Duc, Huynh Thanh and Förstner, Jens and Meier, Torsten}}, issn = {{1862-6254}}, journal = {{physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_qw}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{119--121}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Intensity-dependent ultrafast dynamics of injection currents in unbiased GaAs quantum wells}}}, doi = {{10.1002/pssr.201004529}}, volume = {{5}}, year = {{2011}}, } @article{4049, abstract = {{The injection of photocurrents by femtosecond laser pulses in (110)-orientedGaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells is investigated theoretically and experimentally. The roomtemperature measurements show an oscillatory dependence of the injection current amplitude and direction on the excitation photon energy. Microscopic calculations using the semiconductor Bloch equations that are set up on the basis of k.p band structure calculations provide a detailed understanding of the experimental findings.}}, author = {{Thanh Duc, Huynh and Förstner, Jens and Meier, Torsten and Priyadarshi, Shekhar and Racu, Ana Maria and Pierz, Klaus and Siegner, Uwe and Bieler, Mark}}, issn = {{1862-6351}}, journal = {{physica status solidi (c)}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_qw}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{1137--1140}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Oscillatory excitation energy dependence of injection currents in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells}}}, doi = {{10.1002/pssc.201000831}}, volume = {{8}}, year = {{2011}}, } @article{4118, abstract = {{We numerically investigate the coupling between circular resonators and study strong light‐matter coupling of single as well as multiple circular resonators to quantum‐mechanical resonators in two dimensional model simulations. For all cases, the computed resonances of the coupled system as function of the detuning show anti‐crossings. The obtained mode splittings of coupled optical resonators are strongly depending on distance and cluster in almost degenerate eigenstates for large distances, as is known from coupled resonator optical waveguides. Vacuum Rabi splitting is observed for a quantum dot strongly coupled to eigenmodes of single perfectly cylindrical resonators. }}, author = {{Declair, S. and Meier, Torsten and Förstner, Jens}}, issn = {{1862-6351}}, journal = {{physica status solidi (c)}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_phc, tet_topic_microdisk}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{1254--1257}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Numerical investigation of the coupling between microdisk modes and quantum dots}}}, doi = {{10.1002/pssc.201000869}}, volume = {{8}}, year = {{2011}}, } @article{4040, abstract = {{We numerically investigate the interaction dynamics of coupled cavities in planar photonic crystal slabs in different configurations. The single cavity is optimized for a long lifetime of the fundamental mode, reaching a Q-factor of ≈43, 000 using the method of gentle confinement. For pairs of cavities we consider several configurations and present a setup with strongest coupling observable as a line splitting of about 30 nm. Based on this configuration, setups with three cavities are investigated.}}, author = {{Declair, S. and Meier, Torsten and Zrenner, Artur and Förstner, Jens}}, issn = {{1569-4410}}, journal = {{Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_phc}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{345--350}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{Numerical analysis of coupled photonic crystal cavities}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.photonics.2011.04.012}}, volume = {{9}}, year = {{2011}}, } @article{4044, abstract = {{A simulation environment for metallic nanostructures based on the Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain method is presented. The model is used to compute the linear and nonlinear optical response of split ring resonators and to study physical mechanisms that contribute to second harmonic generation.}}, author = {{Grynko, Yevgen and Förstner, Jens and Meier, Torsten}}, issn = {{1825-1242}}, journal = {{AAPP | Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_numerics, tet_topic_shg, tet_topic_meta}}, number = {{1}}, title = {{{Application of the discontinous Galerkin time domain method to the optics of metallic nanostructures}}}, doi = {{10.1478/C1V89S1P041}}, volume = {{89}}, year = {{2011}}, }