Photonics & Optics

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COMSOL simulates processors for fiber optics communication

Enablence Technologies Inc., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Required for simulating optical systems is the capacity to handle arbitrary geometries, individual and coupled processes, user-defined governing equations,...

Model Examples

Electromagnetics Modeling Presentation, General Introduction: This presentation gives an overview of the... Plasmonic Wire Grating: A plane wave is incident on a wire grating on a dielectric substrate. Coefficients for...
Second Harmonic Generation of a Gaussian Beam: Laser systems are an important application area in modern electronics.... Optical Scattering off of a Gold Nanosphere: This model demonstrates the calculation of the scattering of a plane wave...
Photonic Crystal: Photonic crystal devices are periodic structures of alternating layers of materials with different... Fresnel Equations: A plane electromagnetic wave propagating through free space is incident at an angle upon an infinite...
Stress-Optical Effects - with Generalized Plane Strain and in a Photonic Waveguide: Planar photonic waveguides in silica... Step Index Fiber: The transmission speed of optical waveguides is superior to microwave waveguides, because optical...
Propagation of a 3D Gaussian Beam Laser Pulse: Laser systems are an important application area in modern electronics.... Dielectric Slab Waveguide: A planar dielectric slab waveguide demonstrates the principles behind any kind of dielectric...
Fabry-Perot Cavity: This is an example of a Fabry-Perot cavity, the simplest optical resonator structure. It is a... Coaxial to Waveguide Coupling: Feeding a waveguide from a coaxial cable is a straightforward way to achieve...
Diffraction Patterns: This example resembles the well-known 2-slit interference experiment often demonstrated in schools...