TY - GEN A1 - Deuflhard, Peter A1 - Friese, Tilmann A1 - Schmidt, Frank T1 - A Nonlinear Multigrid Eigenproblem Solver for the Complex Helmholtz Equation N2 - The paper is motivated by the need for a fast robust adaptive multigrid method to solve complex Helmholtz eigenvalue problems arising from the design of optical chips. A nonlinear multigrid method is developed, which can be regarded as an extension of a previous adaptive Rayleigh quotient minimization method for selfadjoint Helmholtz eigenproblems. Since the complex Helmholtz operator is just a compact nonselfadjoint perturbation of a selfadjoint operator, linear algebra techniques like Schur decomposition can be extended from the finite dimensional case. The efficiency of the derived adaptive nonlinear multigrid method is illustrated by computations for a technologically relevant integrated optics component containing Multi Quantum Well Layers. T3 - ZIB-Report - SC-97-55 Y1 - 1997 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zib/frontdoor/index/index/docId/324 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-3240 ER -