VPIphotonics, the leader in optical transmission system and component design software, offers free trials of VPImodeDesigner – a versatile simulation framework for waveguides and fibers.
It supports the analysis of guided and leaky modes in high-index-contrast and diffused (graded-index) straight and bent waveguides and fibers, made of dispersive and lossy, isotropic and anisotropic materials (including non-diagonal and gyrotropic anisotropy).
This powerful design tool offers a set of computationally efficient full-vectorial finite-difference mode solvers
with support of widely customizable non-uniform meshing and several symmetry and absorbing boundary conditions. Native
support of physical units, infinite-area layout shapes and arbitrary polygons (convex and concave) significantly
simplifies cross-section definition.
The object-oriented representation of guided modes and mode fields, supporting
all standard algebraic operations with mode fields as mathematical objects and advanced field visualization capabilities,
allows to easily accomplish complex analysis of various mode properties.
VPImodeDesigner provides an intuitive object-oriented Python interface, delivered through an IPython Notebook
environment. This allows combining interactive simulation scripts with results, text, graphics, equations, and
user interface elements.
The choice of Python as core scripting language provides you not only with a general-purpose
object-oriented programming environment, but also with immediate access to the Python-based ecosystem of open-source
software for mathematics, science, and engineering, enabling easy implementation of arbitrary design optimization
tasks.
With VPImodeDesigner waveguide cross-section definitions can be easily translated into model parameters of passive
and active devices, to be seamlessly used with VPIcomponentMaker
Photonic Circuits –
the industry leading design tool for photonic integrated circuits and optoelectronics
applications.
Interested users of VPImodeDesigner can approach VPIphotonics team for more information and live demonstrations. For instance, please visit our team at: