JCMmode: An Adaptive Finite Element Solver for the Computation of Leaky Modes
Optics
2009-05-28 v1 Computational Physics
Abstract
We present our simulation tool JCMmode for calculating propagating modes of an optical waveguide. As ansatz functions we use higher order, vectorial elements (Nedelec elements, edge elements). Further we construct transparent boundary conditions to deal with leaky modes even for problems with inhomogeneous exterior domains as for integrated hollow core Arrow waveguides. We have implemented an error estimator which steers the adaptive mesh refinement. This allows the precise computation of singularities near the metal's corner of a Plasmon-Polariton waveguide even for irregular shaped metal films on a standard personal computer.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0504073,
title = {JCMmode: An Adaptive Finite Element Solver for the Computation of Leaky Modes},
author = {L. Zschiedrich and S. Burger and R. Klose and A. Schaedle and F. Schmidt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0504073},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages