Advances in FDTD computational electrodynamics : photonics and nanotechnology This book presents the current state of the art in formulating and implementing computational models of light with materials such as silicon and gold at the nanoscale. Maxwells equations are solved using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique. It will help you understand the latest developments in computational modeling of nanoscale optical microscopy and microchip lithography. You will also explore cutting edge details in modeling nanoscale plasmonics including nonlocal dielectric functions molecular interactions and multi level semiconductor gain. Other topics include nanoscale biophotonics especially for detecting early stage cancers and quantum vacuum including the Casimir effect and blackbody radiation.