Principal Component Analysis of Results Obtained from Finite-Difference Time-Domain Algorithms

Finite-Differences Time-Domain (FDTD) algorithms are well established tools of computational electromagnetism. Because of their practical implementation as computer codes, they are affected by many numerical artefact and noise. In order to obtain better results we propose using Principal Component A...

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Autores: López Alonso, José Manuel, Rico García, José María, Alda Serrano, Javier
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2006
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositório:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/51930
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51930
Access Level:Acceso aberto
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Finite-Differences Time-Domain
(FDTD)
computational electromagnetism
Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
photonic crystal
Electromagnetismo
Óptica (Física)
Óptica física, óptica cuántica
2202 Electromagnetismo
2209.19 Óptica Física
2209.19 Óptica física
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Resumo:Finite-Differences Time-Domain (FDTD) algorithms are well established tools of computational electromagnetism. Because of their practical implementation as computer codes, they are affected by many numerical artefact and noise. In order to obtain better results we propose using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) based on multivariate statistical techniques. The PCA has been successfully used for the analysis of noise and spatial temporal structure in a sequence of images. It allows a straightforward discrimination between the numerical noise and the actual electromagnetic variables, and the quantitative estimation of their respective contributions. Besides, The GDTD results can be filtered to clean the effect of the noise. In this contribution we will show how the method can be applied to several FDTD simulations: the propagation of a pulse in vacuum, the analysis of two-dimensional photonic crystals. In this last case, PCA has revealed hidden electromagnetic structures related to actual modes of the photonic crystal.