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FIMMWAVE

A powerful waveguide mode solver

Feature/Option Table


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