Physical ray-tracing method for anisotropic optical media in GPGPU

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2017

Authors

Guerreiro, A (Author) FCUP; Costa, JC (Author) Other; Gomes, M (Author) Other; Alves, RA (Author) Other; Silva, NA (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLICATIONS OF OPTICS AND PHOTONICS

3rd International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics

Faro, PORTUGAL, MAY 08-12, 2017

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-12E

DOI: 10.1117/12.2272144

Abstract (EN): In this paper we discuss the development of a fast ray-tracing solver for complex anisotropic uniaxial optical media based on heterogeneous supercomputing in GPGPU using PyOpenCl. This solver simulates both the propagation of ordinary and extraordinary rays, while taking into account the polarization rotation introduced by position dependent modulations of the optical axis of the medium. We demonstrate the application of this solver by simulating the generation of polarization caustics in random uniaxial optical media.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6