This proposal addresses development of CAD software forsimulating non-linear optical materials. The software willprovide a virtual lab in which experimental setups are simulatedThe proposed software is based on the use of a Maxwelldifferential equation solver, the Finite Difference Time Domain(FDTD) method. This numerical method has been developed bynumerous researchers since 1968 and now is mature enough toprovide the simulation of 3 dimensional, anisotropic, non-linear,inhomogeneous, layered optical structures in the presence ofenergy beams with arbitrary direction, temporal distribution, andpolarization. This proposal addresses the assembly of theexisting FDTD components and the integration of the computationalkernel into a graphical user interface. Our phase 1 activity willbe confined to the development and demonstration of a one dtensional simulation capability which models plane waves normallyincident on a layered non-linear optical structure. Our phase 2activity will provide a three dimensional simulation capabilitythat can model arbitrarily oriented waves impinging on a layeredanisotropic non-linear optical system.Potential commercial applications of the research:Design of frequency doubling optical systems design of optical amplifiers.
