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.
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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APPLICATIONS
- High-index silicon (SOI) waveguides
- GaAs/AlGaAs waveguides
- Single-mode and multi-mode optical fibers
- Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)
- Buried, etched (rib, ridge) and diffused waveguides
- Plasmonic and microwave waveguides
Examples
- Modes of SOI Waveguides or High Index Contrast Waveguides
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Modes of Cylindrical Optical Fibres
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Modes of Photonic Crystal Fibres
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Modes of Diffused Waveguides
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Modes of Hollow-Core Waveguides
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Modes of ARROW Waveguides
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Modes of Slot Waveguides and Cross-Slot Waveguides
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Bend Modes
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Whispering Cavity Modes of a Microdisk Resonator
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Surface Plasmon Modes
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Microwave Modes of a Microstrip Line
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Thermal Profiler: thermal lensing, self-heating
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