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Two-Dimensional Coupled Electrothermal Method Based on the Unstructured Transmission-Line Modelling Method for Lightning Protection Simulations (2024)
Journal Article
Yan, K., Vukovic, A., & Sewell, P. (2024). Two-Dimensional Coupled Electrothermal Method Based on the Unstructured Transmission-Line Modelling Method for Lightning Protection Simulations. IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, 9, 208-217. https://doi.org/10.1109/jmmct.2024.3421958

This paper outlines a fully coupled electrothermal time-domain method to model the effects of lightning strikes and the formation of plasma. The plasma material is described by using the Drude model. This method predicts the formation of the discharg... Read More about Two-Dimensional Coupled Electrothermal Method Based on the Unstructured Transmission-Line Modelling Method for Lightning Protection Simulations.

Unstructured Transmission Line Modelling (TLM) Method for Modelling of Advanced Photonic Structures (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., Dimitrijevic, T., Lang, B., Rihani, S., Boylan, K., …Robertson, M. (2023). Unstructured Transmission Line Modelling (TLM) Method for Modelling of Advanced Photonic Structures. In 2023 16th International Conference on Advanced Technologies, Systems and Services in Telecommunications (TELSIKS). https://doi.org/10.1109/telsiks57806.2023.10316055

This paper overviews the most recent advances in the unstructured Transmission Line Modelling method that is uniquely placed for modeling advanced photonic applications with multi-scale features. The paper focuses on the holistic approach that needs... Read More about Unstructured Transmission Line Modelling (TLM) Method for Modelling of Advanced Photonic Structures.

Modelling Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers (PCSELs) with Iterative Weighted Index Method (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lang, B., Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., Rihani, S., Boylan, K., Berry, G., …Rawsthorne, J. (2023). Modelling Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers (PCSELs) with Iterative Weighted Index Method. In 2023 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA) (485 - 485). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEAA57318.2023.10297919

Photonic crystal surface emitting lasers (PCSELs) are a promising type of semiconductor laser, able to maintain single-mode operation over a large area, resulting in a high-power beam with small angular divergence.

Assessment of the Robustness of Flexible Antennas to Complex Deformations (2023)
Journal Article
Altinozen, E., Vukovic, A., & Sewell, P. (2023). Assessment of the Robustness of Flexible Antennas to Complex Deformations. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 71(6), 4714-4723. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2023.3262671

Wearable antennas can suffer from a variety of mechanical deformations that are induced by the body dynamic. The paper analyses how these complex deformations impact the performance of a flexible antenna operating in the 5-6 GHz band. The Green Coord... Read More about Assessment of the Robustness of Flexible Antennas to Complex Deformations.

Holistic Analysis of Conformal Antennas using the Cylindrical TLM Method (2023)
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Dimitrijevic, T., Vukovic, A., Atanaskovic, A., Jokovic, J., Sewell, P., & Doncov, N. (2023). Holistic Analysis of Conformal Antennas using the Cylindrical TLM Method. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 71(5), 4028-4035. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2023.3260633

The impact of deformations on wearable antenna performance has been analyzed both experimentally and computationally. However, the reported results have been inconsistent and often contradictory. This paper highlights how the choice of computational... Read More about Holistic Analysis of Conformal Antennas using the Cylindrical TLM Method.

Assessing the Impact of Twisting and Bending Deformations on Flexible Interconnect Performance (2022)
Journal Article
Altinozen, E., Vukovic, A., & Sewell, P. (2022). Assessing the Impact of Twisting and Bending Deformations on Flexible Interconnect Performance. IEEE journal on flexible electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/jflex.2022.3232470

Flexible interconnects are essential components for signal transmission for foldable and wearable electronics. As such they are exposed to a variety of mechanical deformations that can degrade their electromagnetic performance. This paper analyses th... Read More about Assessing the Impact of Twisting and Bending Deformations on Flexible Interconnect Performance.

Transmission Line Modelling of an Eccentrically Loaded probe Coupled Cylindrical Cavity (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jokovic, J., Dimitrijevic, T., Atanaskovic, A., Doncov, N., Altinozen, E., Vukovic, A., & Sewell, P. (2022). Transmission Line Modelling of an Eccentrically Loaded probe Coupled Cylindrical Cavity. In 2022 XIV International Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications (INDEL 2022) (37-40). https://doi.org/10.1109/INDEL55690.2022.9965465

In this paper, numerical Transmission Line-Matrix (TLM) method is applied to model an eccentrically loaded cylindrical cavity in order to analyze an impact of the eccentricity on the resonant frequency values. Two different types of meshes are consid... Read More about Transmission Line Modelling of an Eccentrically Loaded probe Coupled Cylindrical Cavity.

Two-dimensional TE Series Node Transmission-Line Modelling Based on Unstructured Triangular Meshes (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yan, K., Vukovic, A., & Sewell, P. (2022). Two-dimensional TE Series Node Transmission-Line Modelling Based on Unstructured Triangular Meshes. In 2022 52nd European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2022) (448-451). https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc54642.2022.9924316

The transmission-line modelling (TLM) method has been widely applied to many areas of electromagnetic simulations. This paper presents the development of the series TE model for the TLM method based on triangular meshes. The 2D series unstructured TL... Read More about Two-dimensional TE Series Node Transmission-Line Modelling Based on Unstructured Triangular Meshes.

Two-Dimensional Thermal Diffusion Equation Solver Based on Unstructured Transmission-Line Modelling and Optimal Delaunay Triangular Meshes (2022)
Journal Article
Yan, K., Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., & Benson, T. M. (2022). Two-Dimensional Thermal Diffusion Equation Solver Based on Unstructured Transmission-Line Modelling and Optimal Delaunay Triangular Meshes. IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, https://doi.org/10.1109/JMMCT.2022.3209071

The transmission-line modelling (TLM) method has been widely applied to many areas including electromagnetic and heat conduction problems. Its unstructured version, unstructured TLM (UTLM), however, has not hitherto been fully exploited in thermal di... Read More about Two-Dimensional Thermal Diffusion Equation Solver Based on Unstructured Transmission-Line Modelling and Optimal Delaunay Triangular Meshes.

Impact of In-Situ Radome Lightning Diverter Strips on Antenna Performance (2020)
Journal Article
Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., & Benson, T. M. (2020). Impact of In-Situ Radome Lightning Diverter Strips on Antenna Performance. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 68(11), 7287-7296. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2020.2998169

Lightning diverter strips are commonly used to protect the antenna and sensitive equipment within an airborne radome. This paper compares the impact of solid metallic and segmented diverter strips on the radiation properties of the enclosed antenna.... Read More about Impact of In-Situ Radome Lightning Diverter Strips on Antenna Performance.

Stretched-coordinate PML in 2D TLM simulations (2020)
Journal Article
Odeyemi, J. S., Vukovic, A., Benson, T. M., & Sewell, P. (2020). Stretched-coordinate PML in 2D TLM simulations. IET Science Measurement and Technology, 14(3), 272-277. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2019.0340

A novel implementation of the stretched coordinate perfectly matched layer (PML) is presented for the two-dimensional (2D) transmission line modelling (TLM) method. The formulation offers a unified approach and is based on the mapping of the TLM node... Read More about Stretched-coordinate PML in 2D TLM simulations.

An Improved PML Implementation In The Transmission Line Method (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Odeyemi, J., Vukovic, A., Benson, T., & Sewell, P. (2019). An Improved PML Implementation In The Transmission Line Method. In Tenth International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics (CEM 2019). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2019.0124

A new framework for the development of the perfectly matched layer (PML) in the Transmission Line Modelling (TLM) method is demonstrated. The formulation is based on the stretched coordinate PML and involves the mapping of the TLM node to an analytic... Read More about An Improved PML Implementation In The Transmission Line Method.

Holistic appraisal of modeling installed antennas for aerospace applications (2018)
Journal Article
Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., & Benson, T. (2019). Holistic appraisal of modeling installed antennas for aerospace applications. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 67(3), 1396-1409. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2018.2884769

This paper uses the Unstructured Transmission Line Modeling Method to investigate near field interactions between a broadband microwave antenna and a platform that arise as a result of antenna installation. The antenna, feed line and the platform are... Read More about Holistic appraisal of modeling installed antennas for aerospace applications.

Extracting modal field profiles from 3D unstructured transmission line modelling meshes for use as sources and observers (2017)
Journal Article

Large-scale three-dimensional (3D) electromagnetic simulations are commonly used as design and investigation tools in a wide variety of technological fields. It is not uncommon for both excitations and observation quantities to be expressed in terms... Read More about Extracting modal field profiles from 3D unstructured transmission line modelling meshes for use as sources and observers.

Complexity Reduction of Multiscale UTLM Cell Clusters (2017)
Journal Article
Sewell, P., Benson, T. M., Vukovic, A., & Meng, X. (2017). Complexity Reduction of Multiscale UTLM Cell Clusters. IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, 2, 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1109/jmmct.2017.2670613

Time domain electromagnetic simulations employing unstructured tetrahedral meshes offer smooth boundary approximations and graded meshes for multiscale problems. However, multiscale effects may arise not only as a consequence of fine geometry, but al... Read More about Complexity Reduction of Multiscale UTLM Cell Clusters.

Installed antenna performance in airborne radomes of different profiles (2016)
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Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., Meng, X., & Benson, T. M. (2016). Installed antenna performance in airborne radomes of different profiles. Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 1(8),

In this paper, broadband interactions between an antenna and a radome are modelled using a full wave numerical solver. By accurately describing both the antenna and the radome geometry with a single numerical method, a comprehensive prediction of the... Read More about Installed antenna performance in airborne radomes of different profiles.

Localized single frequency lasing states in a finite parity-time symmetric resonator chain (2016)
Journal Article
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S. C., Sewell, P., Gradoni, G., & Benson, T. M. (2016). Localized single frequency lasing states in a finite parity-time symmetric resonator chain. Scientific Reports, 6, Article e20499. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20499

In this paper a practical case of a finite periodic Parity Time chain made of resonant dielectric cylinders is considered. The paper analyzes a more general case where PT symmetry is achieved by modulating both the real and imaginary part of the mate... Read More about Localized single frequency lasing states in a finite parity-time symmetric resonator chain.

Modeling curved carbon fiber composite (CFC) structures in the transmission-line modeling (TLM) method (2015)
Journal Article
Meng, X., Sewel, P., Phang, S., Vukovic, A., & Benson, T. (2015). Modeling curved carbon fiber composite (CFC) structures in the transmission-line modeling (TLM) method. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 57(3), 384-390. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMC.2015.2400055

A new embedded model for curved thin panels is developed in the transmission line modeling (TLM) method. In this model, curved panels are first linearized and then embedded between adjacent 2-D TLM nodes allowing for arbitrary positioning between adj... Read More about Modeling curved carbon fiber composite (CFC) structures in the transmission-line modeling (TLM) method.

A versatile all-optical parity-time signal processing device using a Bragg grating induced using positive and negative Kerr-nonlinearity (2015)
Journal Article
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Benson, T. M., Susanto, H., & Sewell, P. (2015). A versatile all-optical parity-time signal processing device using a Bragg grating induced using positive and negative Kerr-nonlinearity. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 47(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-014-0012-2

The properties of gratings with Kerr nonlinearity and PT symmetry are investigated in this paper. The impact of the gain and loss saturation on the response of the grating is analysed for different input intensities and gain/loss parameters. Potentia... Read More about A versatile all-optical parity-time signal processing device using a Bragg grating induced using positive and negative Kerr-nonlinearity.

Practical limitation on operation of nonlinear parity-time Bragg gratings (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Susanto, H., Benson, T. M., & Sewell, P. (2014). Practical limitation on operation of nonlinear parity-time Bragg gratings.

The paper analyses the operation of PT Bragg gratings when the dielectric material is considered to be both dispersive and nonlinear and gain and loss are saturable. The paper demonstrates the application of the nonlinear PT Bragg Grating as an optic... Read More about Practical limitation on operation of nonlinear parity-time Bragg gratings.

Complex locations of equivalent dipoles for improved characterization of radiated emissions (2014)
Journal Article
Obiekezie, C., Thomas, D. W., Nothofer, A., Greedy, S., Arnaut, L. R., & Sewell, P. (2014). Complex locations of equivalent dipoles for improved characterization of radiated emissions. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 56(5), 1087-1094. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMC.2014.2313406

© 2014 IEEE. The positioning of electromagnetic (EM) sources on the complex plane, though a mathematical construct, is often applied in solving EM problems with directive confined (collimated) propagation characteristics. Equivalent dipole modeling,... Read More about Complex locations of equivalent dipoles for improved characterization of radiated emissions.

Modelling of dispersive PT-symmetric Bragg grating (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Susanto, H., Benson, T. M., & Sewell, P. (2014). Modelling of dispersive PT-symmetric Bragg grating.

This paper reports on the time-domain numerical model of a parity-time Bragg grating with saturated and dispersive gain. The model is compared against the ideal PT scenario where the gain is constant and unsaturated for all frequencies.

Saturable and dispersive parity-time symmetric directional coupler: a transmission-line modelling study (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Benson, T. M., Creagh, S., Sewell, P., & Gradoni, G. (2014). Saturable and dispersive parity-time symmetric directional coupler: a transmission-line modelling study.

In this paper, numerical modelling of Parity-Time (PT) coupled waveguides is reported. The PT coupled waveguide structure consists of two coupled slab waveguides based on GaAs material with gain/loss material parameter models, including both dispersi... Read More about Saturable and dispersive parity-time symmetric directional coupler: a transmission-line modelling study.

Ultrafast optical switching using parity-time symmetric Bragg gratings (2013)
Journal Article
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Susanto, H., Benson, T. M., & Sewell, P. (2013). Ultrafast optical switching using parity-time symmetric Bragg gratings. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 30(11), https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.30.002984

This paper reports on time-domain modeling of an optical switch based on the parity–time (PT) symmetric Bragg grating. The switching response is triggered by suddenly switching on the gain in the Bragg grating to create a PT-symmetric Bragg grating.... Read More about Ultrafast optical switching using parity-time symmetric Bragg gratings.

Parity-Time coupled microresonators: Kramers-Kronig limitation
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S. C., Sewell, P., Gradoni, G., & Benson, T. M. Parity-Time coupled microresonators: Kramers-Kronig limitation.

In this talk, we use a KKE argument to show that the presence of dispersion alters the eigen-frequencies of coupled PT coupled microresonators, so that their eigen-frequencies are no longer complex conjugates after the EP.

Threshold preservation of PT-resonant structures in realistic-dispersive medium
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S. C., Benson, T. M., Sewell, P., & Gradoni, G. Threshold preservation of PT-resonant structures in realistic-dispersive medium.

The impact of material dispersion in the performance of parity-time (PT) symmetric coupled microresonators is studied. The eigenfrequencies of the coupled PT-system are analysed for different dispersion parameter. We show that realistic dispersion pr... Read More about Threshold preservation of PT-resonant structures in realistic-dispersive medium.