MODE Solutions
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Versatile waveguide mode solver and propagation simulators for the design, analysis and optimization of waveguide devices, components and subsystems
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MODE Solutions Overview
MODE Solutions accurately simulates devices made from structures that support guided modes. MODE Solutions includes both an eigensolver and a propagator.
The eigensolver accurately calculates the physical properties of guided modes in both conventional and non-conventional waveguide geometries, allowing product engineers and research scientists to focus on innovating new waveguide design concepts while being confident in the accuracy of the simulation results. The eigensolver technology of MODE Solutions allows it to detail truly arbitrary
waveguide geometries, from traditional fiber and rib waveguides to more complex devices including surface plasmon waveguides, photonic crystal fibers, sloping-wall ridge waveguides, and spatially-varying refractive index distributions.
The propagator accurately describes the propagation of light in planar integrated optical systems, from ridge waveguide-based systems to more complex geometries such as photonic crystals. The propagator allows for planar propagation without any assumptions about an optical axis, which allows for structures like ring resonators and photonic crystal cavities to be efficiently modeled – devices that have been traditionally treated with 3D FDTD. The propagator can model devices on the scale of hundreds of microns quickly.
Key Benefits of MODE Solutions
- Reduced development costs and speed time-to-market with highly-accurate, virtual prototyping
- Deliver robust designs by quantifying the effect of manufacturing tolerances on design performance
- Innovate new design concepts with flexible, easy-to-use design software
Key Features of MODE Solutions
- Free-Form Design of Truly-Arbitrary Waveguide Geometries
- Design Parameterization and Hierarchical Layout
- Optimization Framework
- Advanced Meshing Algorithms
- Graded/Non-Uniform and Conformal Mesh Capabilities
- Fully-Vectorial Calculation Methods
- Concurrent Computing on Multiple Computers
- Dispersive Material Modeling
- Powerful Scripting Language
- Near to Far Field projections
- MATLAB® Script Integration
Eigensolver
- Highly Optimized Mode Solving Engine
- Dispersion, Group Velocity, and Group Index Frequency Data Calculation
- Dispersive and Lossy Media
- Bent Waveguides and Fibers, Bend Loss
- Modal Overlap and Power Coupling Calculations
Propagator
- 2.5D Calculation Method
- Omni-Directional Propagation
- Time-Domain Calculation Provides Broadband Results in a Single Simulation
- Parallel Computation on Multicore and Multinode Systems
- Optimized Computational Engine
- Movies of Simulation Dynamics
Featured Applications of MODE Solutions
Gap surface plasmon waveguide
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In the search for an ultra-compact waveguiding technology that is compatible with existing manufacturing techniques, researchers are increasingly focusing on surface plasmon waveguides. Learn more ⇒ |
Photonic crystal fibers
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Learn how MODE Solutions assists optical designers in quantifying the effects of bending loss, far field performance and coupling efficiency when designing photonic crystal fiber. Learn more ⇒ |
Coaxial Bragg fibers
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Optical designers are increasingly turning to exotic fiber geometries, including coaxial Bragg fiber, to build into next-generation communication, entertainment, and spectroscopic systems. Learn more ⇒ |
Publications Featuring MODE Solutions
| Bhavin J. Bijlani and Amr S. Helmy, "Bragg reflection waveguide diode lasers," Opt. Lett. 34, 3734-3736 (2009) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-34-23-3734 |
| D. Duchesne, P. Cheben, R. Morandotti, B. Lamontagne, D.-X. Xu, S. Janz, and D. Christodoulides, "Group-index birefringence and loss measurements in silicon-on-insulator photonic wire waveguides," Opt. Eng. 46, 104602 (2007), DOI:10.1117/1.2793711 |
| S. M. Eaton, M. L. Ng, J. Bonse, A. Mermillod-Blondin, H. Zhang, A. Rosenfeld, and P. R. Herman, "Low-loss waveguides fabricated in BK7 glass by high repetition rate femtosecond fiber laser," Appl. Opt. 47, 2098-2102 (2008) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-47-12-2098 |
| S. Garcia-Blanco and J. S. Aitchison, "Direct electron beam writing of optical devices on Ge-doped flame hydrolysis deposited silica," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 11, 528-538 (2005), DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.845617 |
| H. Hu, R. Ricken, and W. Sohler, "Lithium niobate photonic wires," Opt. Express 17, 24261-24268 (2009) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-26-24261 |
| D. Klotzkin, J.-S. Huang, H. Lu, T. Nguyen, T. Pinnington, R. Rajasekaran; H. Tan and C. Tsai, "An Overgrowth-Free Design for InGaAlAs Spot-Size-Converted Ridge Waveguide Lasers," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 13 975-977 (2007), DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.898824 |
| Z. Liu, P.-T. Lin and B. W. Wessels, "Cascaded Bragg reflectors for a barium titanate thin film electro-optic modulator," J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 10 015302-015306 (2008), DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/01/015302 |
| L. Shah, A. Arai, S. Eaton, and P. Herman, "Waveguide writing in fused silica with a femtosecond fiber laser at 522 nm and 1 MHz repetition rate," Opt. Express 13, 1999-2006 (2005) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-6-1999 |
| S. Wagner, A. Al Mehairy, J. S. Aitchison, and A. S. Helmy, "Modelling and optimization of quasi-phase matching using domain disordering," IEEE J. Quant. Electron., vol. 44, 424-429, (2008). |
| H. Zhang, S. M. Eaton, J. Li, A. H. Nejadmalayeri, and P. R. Herman, "Type II high-strength Bragg grating waveguides photowritten with ultrashort laser pulses," Opt. Express 15, 4182-4191 (2007) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-7-4182 |
| A. Boucon, D. Alasia, J. C. Beugnot, G. Melin, S. Lempereur, A. Fleureau, H. Maillotte, J. M. Dudley and T. Sylvestre, "Supercontinuum Generation From 1.35 to 1.7 ?m by Nanosecond Pumping Near the Second Zero- Dispersion Wavelength of a Microstructured Fiber," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 20, 842-844 (2008), DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.921824 |
| C. Chen, A. Laronche, G. Bouwmans, L. Bigot, Y. Quiquempois, and J. Albert, "Sensitivity of photonic crystal fiber modes to temperature, strain and external refractive index," Opt. Express 16, 9645-9653 (2008) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-13-9645 |
| V. G. Savitski, K. V. Yumashev, V. L. Kalashnikov, V. S. Shevandin and K. V. Dukel'skii, "Infrared supercontinuum from a large mode area PCF under extreme picosecond excitation," Optical and Quantum Electronics 39 (12) 1297-1309 (2007), DOI: 10.1007/s11082-008-9207-8 |
| J. Van Erps, C. Debaes, T. Nasilowski, J. Watte, J. Wojcik, and H. Thienpont, "Design and tolerance analysis of a low bending loss hole-assisted fiber using statistical design methodology," Opt. Express 16, 5061-5074 (2008) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-7-5061 |
| J. Van Erps, C. Debaes, R. Singh, T. Nasilowski, P. Mergo, J. Wojcik, T. Aerts, H. Terryn, P. Vynck, J. Watte and H. Thienpont, "Mass manufacturable 180?-bend single mode fiber socket using hole-assisted low bending loss fiber," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 20, 187-189 (2008). |
| Y. Vidne and M. Rosenbluh, "Spatial modes in a PCF fiber generated continuum," Opt. Express 13, 9721-9728 (2005) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-24-9721 |
| Y. Zhu, Z. He, J. Kanka and J. Du, "Numerical analysis of refractive index sensitivity of long-period gratings in photonic crystal fiber," Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical 129, 99-105 (2008) |
| Kei-Chun D. Cheng, Ming-Leung V. Tse, Guiyao Zhou, Chi-Fung J. Pun, Wing-Kin E. Chan, C. Lu, P. K. Wai, and Hwa-yaw Tam, "Optimization of 3-hole-assisted PMMA optical fiber with double cladding for UV-induced FBG fabrication," Opt. Express 17, 2080-2088 (2009) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-4-2080 |
| Ch. Deneke and O. G. Schmidt, "Structrual charaterization and potential X-ray waveguiding of small of a small rolled-up nanotube with large number of windings" Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 123121 (2006). |
| N. Ponnampalam and R. G. DeCorby, "Out-of-plane coupling at mode cutoff in tapered hollow waveguides with omnidirectional reflector claddings," Opt. Express 16, 2894-2908 (2008) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-5-2894 |
| H. Wang and A. M. Rollins, "Optimization of dual-band continuum light source for ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography," Appl. Opt. 46, 1787-1794 (2007) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-10-1787 |
| Reto Bloch, Willy Luthy, and Thomas Feurer, "Optical Fibers With a Finite Metallic Core," J. Lightwave Technol. 27, 1454-1460 (2009) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/JLT/abstract.cfm?URI=JLT-27-11-1454 |
| R. Gordon, "Vectorial method for calculating the Fresnel reflection of surface plasmon polaritons," Phys. Rev. B 74, 153417 (2006), DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.74.153417 |
| R. Gordon and A. Brolo, "Increased cut-off wavelength for a subwavelength hole in a real metal," Opt. Express 13, 1933-1938 (2005). http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-6-1933 |
| J.-S. Huang, T. Feichtner, P. Biagioni and B. Hecht, "Impedance matching and emission properties of optical antennas in a nanophotonic circuit," eprint arXiv:0811.2513 (2008) |
| Jer-Shing Huang, Thorsten Feichtner, Paolo Biagioni, and Bert Hecht, "Impedance Matching and Emission Properties of Nanoantennas in an Optical Nanocircuit," Nano Letters 2009 9 (5), 1897-1902 |
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