Computational Electromagnetics with MEEP

Syllabus and Course Outline

Part 1: Getting Started with FDTD and MEEP

1. Getting Started
2. Dealing with Units in MEEP
3. (Extreme) Basics of FDTD
4. Hello World - First Program
5. Visualizing Fields with MEEP
6. Perfectly Matched Loayers (PMLs)

Part 2: MEEP In One Dimension

1. Reflection off an Interface
2. Transmitted Power through an interface
3. Convergence Testing with MEEP
4. Reflected Power from an Interface
5. Efficient Multi-Frequency Simulations in FDTD
6. Frequency-Dependent Reflection from Dispersive Materials
7. Angular-Dependent Reflection
8. Multi-Frequency Oblique Incidence Reflection
9. Efficient Multi-Frequency Multi-Angle FDTD Simulations
10. Thin film Interference
11. Distributed Bragg Reflectors
12. Resonators in MEEP

Part 3: MEEP in Two Dimensions

1. MEEP in Two Dimensions: Propagation
2. Gaussian Beam Propagation
3. Gaussian Beam Focusing
4. Gaussian Beam Thin-Film Interference
5. Modes in a Slab Waveguide
6. Coupling Gaussian Beams into Slab Waveguide
7. Modes in a Slab Waveguide Resonator (Longitudinal and Transverse)
8. Coupling Gaussian Beams into Slab Resonator
9. Radiation Leaking from a Resonator
10. Scattering (Diffraction) off an Infinite Cylinder
11. Diffraction Gratings

Part 4: MEEP in Three Dimensions

1. Point Source in Free Space (dipole antenna)
2. Line Source in Free Space
3. Sheet Source (plane wave) in Free Space
4. Free Space Gaussian Beam Propagation
5. Cylindrical Waveguide Modes
6. Cylindrical Waveguide Modes using MEEP Symmetry
7. Coupling a Gaussian Beam into a Cylindrical Waveguide
8. 3D Cylindrical Resonator Modes
9. Coupling a Gaussian Beam into a Cylindrical Resonator
10. Rectangular Resonator Modes
11. Coupling a Gaussian Beam into a Rectangular Resonator
12. Rectangular Resonator Modes with Dispersive Materials
13. Rectangular Resonator Modes with Lossy Materials
14. Rectangular Resonator Modes with Contacts
15. Mie Scattering off a Sphere
16. Plasmonics - Mie Scattering off a Metal Sphere

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