Joint Summer Research Conference in the Mathematical Sciences
Mathematical Modeling of Novel Optical Materials and Devices
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Contributed Talks 1

Speaker: Jichun Li, UNLV
Title: Error analysis of time-domain finite element methods for 3-D Maxwell's equations in dispersive media

Abstract: We consider the time dependent Maxwell's equations in dispersive media on a bounded three-dimensional domain. The standard finite element method and mixed finite element method are developed and error estimates are provided for both semi- and fully-discrete schemes. We believe this is the first error analysis carried out for time-domain finite element methods for solving Maxwell's equations in dispersive media.


Speaker: Mikhail Erementchouk, CUNY
Title: Exciton polaritons in one-dimensional resonant photonic crystals

Abstract: Lately a significant attention is paid to a new class of problems appeared at a merging point of traditional photonic crystals and systems with a periodic arrangement of optically active elements. These are resonant photonic crystals. The simplest model of such structures is given by the Maxwell equations inside an elementary cell with a rank one perturbation. For this (one-dimensional) model the transfer matrix can be written in terms of corresponding solutions of a Cauchy problem for the Maxwell equations without the perturbation. This establishes a relation between the polariton dispersion law in the resonant photonic crystal and that in purely passive and purely active systems. The consideration is illustrated by several examples. A special attention is paid to a resonance condition.


Speaker: Valery Smyshlyaev, Bath
Title: Localised eigenstates for defects in high contrast periodic media via homogenization

Snowbird, Utah     June 11 - 17, 2005