NFNow! Software

NFNow! is a rigorous analytical method based on the Method of Auxilliary Sources developed by Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, with Nanoptek's intuitive GUI and other proprietary features written by Dr. Dmitri Vezenov.  It is designed to run electromagnetic analysis of nano-optical structures quickly on a desktop PC.  NFNow!  can generate movies of the near-field as focus or illumination traverses the nano-optics.  The calculation below shows the interaction of light with titania nano-optics embedded in polycarbonate.  The nano-optics are 370 nm wide and 200 nm thick. We use this software internally for our own photocatalyst development and have no plans to sell it at this time.

Features:

  • User-defined interface: n and k, size, shape, pitch--even  import actual profile data from PTM or AFM

  • Multiple layers.

  • User-defined illumination: wavelength, numerical aperture, gaussian, focus, beam waste, position with respect to axis of optic, or use collimated plane wave illumination

  • Very fast results on a desktop computer

Absorption at focal plane

Poynting vector field in near-field

TE (left), circular (center), and TM (right) polarizations

Near-field for low (left) and for high (right) optics

Far-field intensity distribution pattern (polar plot) for low (left) and high (right optics)

Global optimization for parameters such as contrast and reflectivity for a given layer stack