
Feature/Option Table
Mode Solvers
Feature | Base Module | Complex Engine | FIMMPROP | Cylindrical Solvers | Thermal EO Module | Stress Solver | FEM Solver |
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FMM Mode Solver
- real, rectangular geometry index profiles
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FMM Mode Solver
- complex rectangular geometry index profiles
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FDM Mode Solver
- real, arbitrary geometry index profiles, diagonal anisotropic dielectric tensor
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FDM Mode Solver
- complex, arbitrary geometry index profiles, diagonal anisotropic dielectric tensor
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FEM Mode Solver
- real, arbitrary geometry index profiles, general anisotropic dielectric tensor
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FEM Mode Solver
- complex, arbitrary geometry index profiles, general anisotropic dielectric tensor
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Effective Index Solver
- real, rectangular geometry index profiles
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Effective Index Solver
- complex, rectangular geometry index profiles
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Scalar mode solver for step-index fibre
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Gaussian mode solver for fibre geometries
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General Fibre Solver
- arbitrary radial profile Ne(r), circularly symmetric, real index
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FDM Fibre Solver
- arbitrary radial profile Ne(r), circularly symmetric, real index
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FDM Fibre Solver
- arbitrary radial profile Ne(r), circularly symmetric, complex index
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Optical Propagation Modelling
Feature | Base Module | Complex Engine | FIMMPROP | Cylindrical Solvers | Thermal EO Module | Stress Solver | FEM Solver |
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Far-field Calculator
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Efficient free-space propagation (waveguide-gap-waveguide geometry in FIMMPROP)
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Bi-directional optical propagation
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Reflections due to coatings
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Propagation due to arbitrary beam input
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Propagation with absorbing computational boundaries
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Propagation in the presence of strongly absorbing regions (e.g. metals)
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External effects: temperature, electro-optic effect, stress
Feature | Base Module | Complex Engine | FIMMPROP | Cylindrical Solvers | Thermal EO Module | Stress Solver | FEM Solver |
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Heat flow calculation using 2D Poisson Solver, effect of heating on modes.
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Electro-optic effect simulation with 2D anisotropic Poisson Solver, effect of E-field on modes e.g. for design of EO switches
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Effects of stress on modes and propagation
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Waveguide CAD tools
Feature | Base Module | Complex Engine | FIMMPROP | Cylindrical Solvers | Thermal EO Module | Stress Solver | FEM Solver |
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Rectangular Geometry Waveguides
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Cylindrical Geometry Waveguides
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Geometrical Shapes Waveguides (ellipses, rectangles and polygons)
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