Workshop Course Description

Day 1: Introduction to the current release of MODE Solutions

Description:

The first day of the course is all about starting to use MODE Solutions to model wavelength-scale optical devices that support guided modes; including conventional fibres and ridge waveguides, unconventional waveguides like photonic crystal and plasmonic based devices, and planar integrated optical systems such as ring resonators.  This training session gives hands-on experience using MODE Solutions to create simulations and analyze results step-by-step.

Topics:

• Overview of the Eigenmode solver and when it should be applied
• Overview of the Propagation solver and when it should be applied
• Using the graphical Layout Editor effectively
• Treating design problems efficiently with recommended workflows
• Time-domain and frequency-domain algorithms and analysis
• Efficiently obtain steady state, continuous wave results from a time domain method
• Review of different types of optical sources and monitors
• Analyzing your results
• Scripting commands (review of basic commands, and introduction to new commands in current release)
• Questions and answers

Workshop Portion:

• Simple example
• Getting Started examples
• Advanced example
• User-supplied examples
• Questions and answers

Day 2: Advanced applications of MODE Solutions

Description:

Gain greater understanding of the more advanced features of MODE Solutions, including both the Eigenmode and Propagation solvers.  In this session, you will learn how to take advantage of the optimized engine to speed up your simulations and increase your productivity. This training session will treat advanced application examples.

Topics:

• Advanced Eigenmode solver features
• Advanced Propagation solver features
• Optimization and parameter sweeps with the GUI and with scripts
• Advanced boundary conditions
• Dispersive and anisotropic materials
• Coherence and polarization in FDTD and how to obtain incoherent, unpolarized results
• Far field analysis with the GUI and using scripting
• Importing structures from external files
• Running Concurrent and Distributed simulations
• Applying the features to an advanced example

Workshop:

• Advanced examples
• User-supplied examples
• Questions and answers