Full-wave and parameterized signal and noise models
List of common functionalities available in the VPIphotonics Design Suite™ software environment
Steady-state and dynamic models for Er-, Yb-, Tm- and co-doped fibers
Embedded mode solver
Core and cladding pumping in normal and large-mode-area fibers
Giles and crosssection fiber parameters
Conversion to a rapid black box model
Spectral hole burning
Concentration quenching
Excited-state absorption
Rayleigh backscattering and background loss
State of polarization for ASE and signals
Temperature dependence of amplifier gain
Kerr nonlinearity
Linear effects: chromatic dispersion, PMD, and Rayleigh scattering
Nonlinear effects: Kerr nonlinearity, Raman, and Brillion scattering
Polarization-averaged and polarization-resolved modeling options
Bidirectional signal/pump/noise propagation in multiple fiber spans
Fiber splices defined by OTDR data or fiber parameters
Multidimensional constrained optimization of Raman pump wavelengths and powers
Test sets for measuring gain, noise and power characteristics of amplifiers
Post-processing and visualization of signals in time and frequency domain, including waveforms, phase and magnitude characteristics, polarization properties, filtering, fitting, etc.