Case Study: University of Campinas and Corning investigates Brillouin scattering in nanophotonic structures with COMSOL Multiphysics

University of Campinas and Corning accelerate Brillouin scattering analysis with Comsol in 2D simulations

Researchers from the University of Campinas and Corning sought to understand the complex interplay between photoelastic and moving boundary effects that either enhance or suppress Brillouin scattering in nanophotonic structures. Their challenge was to model this coupled optomechanical interaction to optimize the design of devices like optical fibers and waveguides. They turned to the COMSOL Multiphysics® software to investigate this multiphysics problem.

The solution implemented with COMSOL allowed the team to efficiently integrate electromagnetics and solid mechanics analyses within a single software environment. Using COMSOL Multiphysics®, they modeled the coupling effects, calculated crucial overlap integrals, and gained deep insight into the optomechanical interactions. This enabled them to effectively guide the design of future nanophotonic structures and created a valuable data repository to help educate the next generation of researchers.

University of Campinas and Corning