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Yuehe Ge
Optical Applications with

CST Microwave Studio
Dr. Frank Demming-Janssen CST AG
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Validity and Limitations
All solvers solve Maxwells Equations
Quantum effects are not considered, so:
Objects should be at least a few in size
A statistically large number of photons should be
considered
Both solvers(Time Domain with FIT and Frequency Domain
with FEM) have no inherent spatial or frequency limitation
Electrically large structures may require large amounts of
memory

Terminology: Differences
Optical Engineer: Electrical Engineer:
- n and k - and
- wavelength - frequency
[380 750 nm] [400 790 THz]
- Transmission & - S-parameters

Reflection coeff.

Terminology: Translation
However, translation is simple:
)
n = n + i k = n (1 + i )

= n k2 2
= 2 nk
f = c/

Overview
Plasmonic?!
Solver Choice for Optical Applications
Optical Tutorial

What is a Plasmon?
From Wikipedia: (..) Plasmons are collective oscillations of the
free electron gas density, for example, at optical frequencies
(.) Since plasmons are the quantization of classical plasma
oscillations, most of their properties can be derived directly
from Maxwell's equations.

What is a Plasmon?
http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/Plasmon
Gothic stained glass rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris. The colors were achieved by
colloids of gold nano-particles. Window was created by Jean de Chelles on the 13th century
Why is plasmonic still hot
Light focusing & enhancement
In classical optical systems the field concentration is limited
by the wavelength.
Focal spots of lens systems or optical fibers have about the
diameter of /2
Plasmons generate concentrated field distribution and are hot
candidates for light transmission thru sub- devices and for
sub- light focusing
optical computers, sub- optical lithography

Why is plasmonic still hot
Channel plasmon-polariton
3D EM Solver Overview
General purpose solver 3D-volume
large problems
Transient broadband
arbitrary time signals
narrow band / single frequency
Frequency
small problems
Domain
periodic structures with Floquet port modes
Special solver 3D-volume: closed resonant structures

strongly resonant structures, narrow band
Eigenmode
cavities
Special solver 3D-surface: large open metallic structures

Integral Equation large structures
(based on MLFMM) dominated by metal
Asymptotic Solver extremely large structures

Solver Choice: Transient Solver
Memory efficient algorithm
solves electrical large problems

Perfect Boundary Approximation
reduces staircase error at dielectric/dielectric and
dielectric/PEC interface
PBA
Staircase
Perfect Boundary Approximation
Calculates Broadband Solution
Silver coated silica sphere

Solver Choice: Frequency Domain
Possibly faster for electrically small models
TET mesh more accurate at metallic material
interfaces -> plasmons
HEX TET
Solver Choice: Frequency Domain
Possibly faster for electrically small models
TET mesh more accurate at metallic material
interfaces -> plasmons
Unit Cells with Flouquet Ports

Tutorial Content
Installation of Optical Toolkit
Examples
Plasmon grating
optical scatterer & antennas

Installation of optical toolkit
The supplied ZIP file contains

material files for metals at
optical frequencies as well as
a project template file for
optical applications. These
files need to be extracted
into the proper directory

Extract Material Library file
Extract *.mtd files into \\CST
STUDIO SUITE
2012\Library\Materials

Extract Project Template file
Extract all Optical Application*.* files
into \\CST STUDIO SUITE 2012\Library\
\\STUDIO SUITE 2012\Library\New
Project Templates

Extract Optical Nano Emitter Macro
Extract the Optical Nano Emitter.mcs
files into \\ C:\Program Files (x86)\CST
STUDIO SUITE 2012\Library\Macros\
Solver\Sources

After Extraction

Tutorial Example I
Efficient optical coupling into metal-insulator-metal
plasmon modes with subwavelength diffraction gratings
Michael J. Preiner, Ken T. Shimizu, Justin S. White, and Nicholas A. Melosha. APPLIED
PHYSICS LETTERS 92, 113109 2008

Geometry/Unit Cell Details
10 nm Au
20 nm
14 nm Al2O3
5 nm Ag
Au
135 nm Au = 720 nm -> 416 THz
theta = 53 deg
Online Example
Start with optical

application template
to set the units to
THz and nm

Online Example
Specify background material and frequency range

Load Materials form Library
Load optical material
properties for Gold and
Silver form the library.
Hint: You might want to
use the filter *optical
to only display the
materials for the optical
frequency range.

Create Al2O3 Material
Create Al2O3 material

with a = n2 of 1.732

Create Substrate
Define Brick and

align WCS as
shown

Create Grove
Define cylinder and cut away

Blend Edges
Select edges and blend with 20 nm

Create Silver Layer
Create 5 nm Silver
layer by performing
a transform/copy.
Do NOT yet perform
a boolean operation

Create Al2O3 Layer
Create 14 nm Al2O3
layer by performing a
transform/copy of
the silver layer. Do
NOT yet perform a
Boolean operation

Create top Gold Layer
Create top 12 nm Gold layer
by performing a transform/
copy of the Al2O3 layer.
Perform
several Trim
highlighted
shape so that
only the top
layer of Gold
remains

Boolean Operations
Perform a Intersection
check on the Al2O3 and
Silver layer (in this
order) as well and
select trim so that
the layer structure is
created

Rename Layer
rename the
layers with
proper names
Silver Layer,
Dielectric Layer,
Gold Layer
final geometry

Specify Boundary and Excitation Condition
Specify boundary
conditions, scan
angle and floquet
port boundaries

Define Field Monitors
Define e-field
monitor

Specify Mesh and Solver Parameteres
Specify curved mesh and solver settings and start solver

Field Results
Results: Plasmon is generated in dielectric layer if polarization of

the field is in parallel to the plane of incident
Define Parameter
Define Parameter for grating width and angle of incident

Define Parameter Sweep

Define Result Templates

Sweep Result

Tutorial Example II
Optical Properties of
Metallodielectric
Nanostructures Calculated
using Finite Difference Time
Domain Method
Chris Oubre, Peter Nordlander, The Journal of

Physical Chemistry B (2004), Vol. 108, pp.
17740-17747

Geometry Details: Silver coated Silica Shell
96 nm
78 nm
Silver: (drude material)
Silica: = 2.08

Online Example
Start with optical

to set the units to
THz and nm

Define silica sphere

Define Silver sphere
use Drude
Dispersion Model.
Factor 1.602 is
used, because in
the reference
paper, the drude
parameters are
given in terms of
eV

Specify background and frequency range

Perform Boolean Operation
final geometry

Specify Boundary and Symmetry Condition

Specify Excitation

Results
For plasmonic applications the following quantities

might be of interest:
E and H Fields possible along lines and surfaces
absorption, scattering and extinction cross section.
The following slides shows, how to extract those results

Define Mesh Adaption Goal
To compare the results with the published paper, the following
results should be extracted:
E-Field at 553.5 THz along a line thru the sphere
Extinction cross section vs. wavelength
Since the FD Solver calculates one frequency point at a time, we will

check mesh convergence with respect to the field along the line.
Define Field Monitors of Interest

Setup Result Template to extract field along line

Define 0D Results for Mesh Adaptation

Specify Solver Settings and Start Solver

Specify Solver Settings and Start Solver
Max Field strength along line should

not vary by more then 1% for two
checks in a row
Results
Field strength along line for the first 6 passes. Results are reasonable
close together. Zooming in at the material interface between silver
and vacuum shows a slope instead of a jump in the field
strength. To get better results, increase mesh density at observation
point by using dummy objects.
Add dummy spheres on vacuum silver interface
Add Dummy spheres

with 1 nm radius at
both sides

Add dummy spheres on silver silica interface
Add two dummy spheres with 1 nm radius on silver silica

interface
Mesh View with/ without dummy spheres

Results
Field strength along converged after three passes. Zooming in at the

material interface between silver and vacuum shows a poper jumpin
the field strength.
Field Results
Field inside and outside the sphere are out of phase

Setup Extinction Cross Section Simulation
Define broadband monitors

Change mesh adaptation settings and start solver
Without any active goal, the

maximum numbers of passes is
performed

Scattering and absorption cross section

Extract extinction cross section vs. wavelength


Rename and create wavelength plot and

evaluate all

Scattering and absorption cross section

Comparison vs. publication

Tutorial Example III
Excitation of a Surface Plasmon

Geometry/Unit Cell Details
Vacumm
50 nm Au = 720 nm -> 416 THz

theta = variable
250 nm Flint Glass
100 nm
Define Template
Start with optical

to set the units to
THz and nm

properties for Gold form
the library. Hint: You
might want to use the
filter *optical to only
display the materials for
the optical frequency
range.

Create Flint Glass Material
Create Flint Glass

material with a = n2
of 1.622

Specify background material
Specify background material

Specify frequency range
Specify frequency range

Create substrate
Define Brick

Create gold layer by extruding top face

Create vacuum top by extruding top face

Specify boundary and excitation condition
Specify boundary conditions and scan angle

Define excitation port

Define excitation port

Define e-field
monitor

Specify Solver Parameteres
Specify solver settings and start solver

First Results
Only weak Plasmon is at this time. large Reflection of the incident

wave. The S-Parameter (magnitude linear) are close to 1
Setup Parameter Sweep for excitation angle

Setup Parameter Watch

Start Sweep

Sweep Results
Best angle = 39.5

Plasmon at 39.5 deg

Tutorial Example IV
Bright and Dark Plasmon Excitation of a Nanorod

Model Info
In Tutorial II we showed already, how a Plasmon can be excited in a nano particle by a plane
wave. Due to symmetry reasons, only dipole and quadruple (e.g. odd) Plasmon modes can
couple to a plane wave. Those plasmons are call bright since they can observed by light
scattering. Plasmons, which will not couple to radiating field are called dark plasmons.
external field internal field
bright dark bright

Geometry Details: Nanorod with Nanoemitter
Dark Plasmon might be excited by localized sources near the apex of the rod. In this test
model, we will use a small physical dipole of 3 nm length. The 0.25 nm gap is driven by a
high impedance port
10 nm gold Frequency range: 200 650 THz
100 nm
0.25 nm
0.25 nm
0.25 nm 3 nm

First Step
Start with optical

to set the units to
THz and nm

Background material and Frequency Range

Define Nano Rod

Blend Edges

Create Nano Emitter

Create Gap

Create Nano Emitter

Create Nano Emitter Port
Create Port Sheet by using pick points

Create Nano Emitter Port

Move Emitter

Define Probe

Define Broadband Monitors

Define Integration Face for Monitor

Define Intgration Face for Monitor



Mesh Setup

Symmetry Setup

Solver Setup + Start

Post Processing - Probes
E-Field probe shows

two distinct resonance
peaks -> 2 plasmons

Post Processing - Farfield
Radiated Power shows

only one distinct
resonance peaks ->
Only one Plasmon can
decay by radiation

Post Processing - PowerFlow
Choose proper name

The power flow integrated
over the rod surface gives the
total absorb power! Two more
templates for the power
flowing out of the port
(accepted power) and power
flowing away from the device
(radiated power) give use the
complete power balance of
radiated and absorbed power

Post Processing Add. Templates
for comparison, add templates from
the farfield results

Post Processing Add. Templates
.. and S-Parameter balance

Post Processing calc. accepted power

Post Processing Evaluate

Post Processing Results: Abs. Power
Power absorbed by
the Rod. Is negative
because I have a net
power flow into the
surface

Post Processing Results: Port Power
Power leaving the

port. Should be
similar to the power
from the S-Parameter
balance.

Post Processing Results: Port Power
Comparison port
power and balance

Post Processing Results: Rad. Power
Radiated Power from

Power Flow. This is a
peak value and
should be twice as
the radiated power
from farfield (RMS)
value

Post Processing Results: Rad. Power
Comparison for
Radiated power from
Powerflow and
Farfield. Farfield
results have been
scaled by a factor of
2 to have peak values

Tutorial Example V
Enhancement and Quenching of Single-Molecule
Fluorescence
Pascal Anger, Palash Bharadwaj, and Lukas Novotny; PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 96,
113002 2006

Model Info
The lifetime of an excited atomic state is not only a function of the atom but also of its
environment. In the mentioned paper, the fluorescence rate of a single molecule as a
function of its separation from a laser irradiated, spherical gold nanoparticle is investigated
for the case of weak excitation (no saturation). The fluorescence process can be separate
into to states. First the single molecule is excited by the incident radiation. The excitation
rate scales with |p E|2 where p is the intrinsic transition dipole moment of the molecule
and E is the local E Field at the position of the molecule. The E-Field and therefore the
excitation rate will be enhanced closed to the particle surface.
The decay of the excited state can be divided into a radiative (fluorescence) an non
radiative (ohmic losses/heat generation) path. The closer the nano emitter to the surface of
gold particle the larger the relative amount of energy lost to ohmic effects. As is shown in
the reference paper, there is a certain gap width, where the combined effects lead to an
overall increased fluorescence. The field enhancement is strong enough to out weight
energy losses to the absorption by the gold sphere.

Geometry Details
To find the optimum particle radius
r and gap distance gap , two
separate simulations are required.
First, we need to know the field
strength at the positions of the
molecule due to the presence of the
gold nano particle. Secondly we
need simulate the quantum yield for
the molecule which is the ratio of
gap radiated to total emitted energy.
The emitting molecule is modeled as
electrical small dipole. The
simulation is performed for a
wavelength of 650 nm (461.5 THz)

Setup Details
To fully automate the simulation of the enhancement we use simulation flow control
mechanism of Design Studio. We will setup up two independent CST MWS Models. The first
model calculates the field enhancement in the near field of the nano particle. The second
model calculates the quantum efficiency of a nano emitter.
Both models are then uploaded into the Design Studio and linked with global parameters. A
nested parameter sweep then allows to calculate the enhancement factor in a single
simulation setup.

Model 1: Select Template
Start with optical

to set the units to
THz and nm

Online Example

properties for Gold form
the library. Hint: You
might want to use the
filter *optical to only
display the materials for
the optical frequency
range.

Define gold sphere

Define line to extract field strength
move WCS
Define line

Define mesh dummy
Create two copies of curve
Toggle WCS Off

Define mesh dummy

Define local mesh


Specify Excitation

Define e-field
monitor

Mesh Setup


Field Results

Add Template Evaluate Field on Curve

Field Results along curve

Model 2:
Save Model 1 under a different name. Delete the wires
and result templates

Create Nano Emitter
Check if WCS is still located on the top of the sphere.
Move WCS by a new parameter gap

Create Nano Emitter
Run the Macro Create optical Nano Emitter.
This macro will create an
electrical small dipole (1 nm
length) in direction of the
w. The dipole will be
driven by a high impedance
Port. Furthermore, a closed
face is create to be used for
integration of a Powerflow
monitor to watch the total
emitted power. For badly
matched ports, this is more
accurate then the power
balance of the port itself


Define power
flow monitor

Define Integration Face for Powerflow
Pick gold sphere surface and create a face including the emitter and
the sphere. An offset of gap + 5 will included the emitter.
Mesh Setup


Define two Evaluate field of face monitors. One for the Source
this gives us the power emitted from the source only. And one for
the radiation which returns the power which is radiated into free
space. Please use proper names for the monitors.
Post Processing calculate Qeff
The quantum efficiency is the ratio for the two power flow integrations

Define Parameter Sweep

Results of Parameter Sweep
Comparison of
published results and
CST MWS Results for a
80 nm diameter gold
sphere
published MWS
Calculate Fluorescence Rate in DS
Load the two CST MWS

models to calculate the field
along the line (E-Fields) and
the quantum efficiency
(Qeff) into a DS Project.
These blocks will have the
local parameter assigned.

Set up simulation tasks

Set up simulation tasks

Define Global Parameter in DS
Assign global parameters to the local block

parameters
Setup Post Processing
Load field along line

Get Field at Position gap

Load Qeff

Calculate Fluorescence enhancement

Run Simulation
DS will now
start a simulation for the block
with the plane wave excitation
with the a gold sphere of
radius radi
extract the field along the line
start a simulation with the
nano emitter at the position
gap with the a gold sphere
of radius radi
extract the Qeff
and finally calculates the
fluorescence enhancement

First DS Results

Setup nested sweep

Setup nested sweep

Define Full workflow
With Drag and Drop and move up/down you can sort the workflow. For each
radi, the E-Field is extracted along the line in one simulation. Then the nano
emitter is swept along the position gap to calculate the Qeff. The field
strength at the position of the emitter is extracted from the first simulation in
the post processing inside the gap sweep.

Final Results
MWS/DS Results Published Results


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Optical Applications with

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Optical Engineer: Electrical Engineer:

- Transmission & - S-parameters

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Special solver 3D-volume: closed resonant structures

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Asymptotic Solver extremely large structures

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Silver coated silica sphere

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The supplied ZIP file contains

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Start with optical

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Specify background material and frequency range

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Create Al2O3 material

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Define Brick and

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Define cylinder and cut away

Select edges and blend with 20 nm

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Specify curved mesh and solver settings and start solver

Results: Plasmon is generated in dielectric layer if polarization of

Define Parameter for grating width and angle of incident

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Silver: (drude material)

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For plasmonic applications the following quantities