Calculating the modes in photonic crystal fiber using fimmwave software
Y.O. Shuyupova, V.V. Kotlyar

Image Processing Systems Institute of the RAS,
Samara State Aerospace University

Full text of article: Russian language.

Abstract:
Results received for effective mode index using new finite-difference method and commercial software product FIMMWAVE for fundamental mode of photonic crystal fiber with solid core are shown to be coincident up to 0,2%. Implementation of new film mode matching method in Matlab gives faster and more monotonic convergence with less deviation at small number of 1D modes than commercial software product FIMMWAVE.

Key words:
photonic crystal fiber, fiber modes, numerical methods of calculating fiber modes.

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