FIMMWAVE 

FIMMWAVE is a powerful and fully vectorial mode solver for 2D + Z waveguide structures. It is a highly flexible waveguide CAD tool that has the ability to solve for a wide range of materials and complex waveguide geometries as it supports a large number of complementary algorithms.  


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features

  • Native 64-bit application (32-bit version is also available)
  • Fully vectorial mode solvers for 3D waveguide
  • A wide range of fast, reliable waveguide mode solvers optimized for high index contrast waveguide, cylindrical optical fibers, diffused waveguides, orarbitrary geometries such as photonic crystal fibers
  • Complex versions for waveguides of complex refractive index, including metals
  • Even for complicated problems involving thin layers, weakly coupled structures and devices with cuts-off provide accurate results
  • An extensive material database
  • Parameter scanners to design faster
  • User-friendly interface with a wide choice of editors for designing rectangular, circular, or diffuse waveguides or as a set of geometrical shapes
  • Extensive command-line interface, support for scripting with Python and MATLAB
  • A powerful tool for optimising waveguide structures - Kallistos

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Additional Modules for FIMMWAVE

The FIMMWAVE base module includes the real FMM Solver, real FDM Solver, and real Effective Index Solver, along with the SMF and Gaussian Fiber Solvers. Beyond the base module, you can select from a wide variety of add-ons:

FIMMPROP

FIMMPROP is a 3D propagation tool utilizing EigenMode Expansion (EME).

MT-FIMMPROP

The Multi-Topology (MT)-FIMMPROP extension enhances FIMMPROP by creating a layout environment that seamlessly connects multiple FIMMPROP simulations, enabling the simulation of entire PIC components.

Complex Engine

This add-on unlocks the complex versions of all mode solvers, allowing for the analysis of metallic structures and the inclusion of gain and absorption in devices. It also supports PMLs for modeling leaky modes and computing loss in bend modes. When combined with the FIMMPROP module, these features are integrated into FIMMPROP simulations, with PMLs enabling radiation absorption at sidewalls.

FEM Solver

A finite element mode solver is available as an additional module.

Cylindrical Solvers

Fully vectorial and semi-vectorial cylindrical waveguide mode solvers designed for high-performance fiber analysis and other cylindrically symmetric applications.

Kallistos

An advanced automatic optimization tool that enhances the design of photonic devices with minimal user intervention.

Electro-Optic Solver (part of the Thermal/EO Module)

This solver incorporates electro-optic effects into simulations, such as those caused by applied electrodes, including electro-optic modulators in materials like LiNbO3.

Thermo-Optic Solver (part of the Thermal/EO Module)

Enables the study of heater effects or waveguide self-heating, featuring a 2D Poisson Solver to model heat flow in the XY plane. Contact us for more details.

Stress Solver

Models the impact of stress on waveguides and the resulting changes in modes, including thermally induced stress fields.

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Explore FIMMWAVE's powerful features, applications, and benefits to take your optical design projects to the next level.

For more information on Photon Design's suite of photonic CAD tools, visit our pages on FIMMPROP , MT-FIMMPROP , and PICWAVE .