Models Effect on the Spectral Behavior of Infrared Bandpass Filters Using a Three-dimensional FDTD MethodWANG Lin~1,ZHOU Xian-ting~1,ZHANG Lin~1,QIANG Rui~2 (1.School of Information Engineering,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China;2.Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,University of Houston,Houston,USA)Using a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain(FDTD)algorithm modeled the spectral behavior of infrared bandpass filters consisting of the openings of cross-shaped period structures in a thin gold film.This algorithm incorporates the Lorentz-Drude models and Drude models and perfect electrical conductor(PEC) models to characterize the electrical properties of thin gold film in IR frequencies,and simulates the transmission properties of infrared bandpass filters,then compares with measured data.The results show that the Lorentz-Drude models can accurately describe the frequency-dependent permittivity of the thin gold film at IR frequencies,and the computed transmission spectrum in Lorentz-Drude models is excellent agreement with measured data.FDTD;modeling and simulating;infrared bandpass filters