Condensed matrix method for implicit type scheme in imaginary distance beam propagation method

  • Authors:
  • Dharmadas Kumbhakar

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Physics, B. B. College, Asansol 713303, West Bengal, India. E-mail: dksk2006@gmail.com

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The modes of a waveguide structure can be accurately determined using finite difference imaginary distance beam propagation method. In implicit type formulation of the problem, a matrix equation has to be solved. The matrix is sparse and large. The sparsity of the matrix can be used to form a condensed matrix of much lower dimension leaving aside the zero element blocks; this condensed matrix takes much smaller storage space and consequently saves a great deal of run-time. The algorithm for the solution of the matrix equation from such a condensed matrix is developed here. This method is comparable with other sparse matrix methods in terms of CPU usage.