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Beams
: Free-space propagation of Gaussian beams, beam spreading, interference of co-and counter-propagating beams at different angles of incidence.
Waveguiding
: Directional propagation of guided modes, propagating- and standing waves, codirectional evanescent coupling between adjacent cores.
Facets
: Light propagation across the end facets of slab waveguides, total reflection in case of a specific multimode configuration.
Bends
: Propagation along curved slab waveguides with different and radii, field/radiation pattern, propagation and attenuation constants.
Crossing
: Perpendicular crossing of two slab waveguides, single- and multimode configurations with different core widths.
Photonic crystal waveguide
: 90
o
-bend in a photonic crystal waveguide, a rectangular lattice of square rods, access waveguides included.
Square microresonator
: A circuit with a square microcavity between two bus waveguides, spectral power transmission and field pattern at resonance and nearby.
Square microcavity
: A square microcavity with perpendicular bus waveguides, a resonant waveguide T-junction; power spectrum and field examples.
Rectangular cavities
: Configurations with different aspect ratio and orientation, spectral power transmission, field pattern at major and minor resonances.
Add-drop-filter
: Two square microcavities, direct coupling and interaction through bus waveguides, add-drop-filter functionality.
High-contrast gratings
: Finite corrugated dielectric membranes, normal incidence of Gaussian beams, varying number of periods, 2-D QUEP simulations.
Resonator chain
: A sequence of square dielectric cavities, evanescent guided wave excitation at one end, resonant field pattern, spectral amplitudes assigned to the individual cavities.
Letters
: Rectangular arrangement of dielectric squares and specific spacers; all pieces of the composite structure resonate at the same frequency.
Microring
: Circular microring-resonator, two bus channels, radial fundamental resonances, HCMT model (bend-mode based), spectral transmission.
Microdisk
: Circular microdisk-resonator, two bus channels, radial fundamental and first order resonances, QUEP simulations (staircase approximation).
CROW
: Short coupled resonator optical waveguide, three coupled micro-rings, straight access channels, HCMT model (bend-mode based), spectral transmission.
Photonic molecule
: Symmetric arrangement of three micro-rings, excitation through a slab channel, HCMT analysis (WGM-based), Transmission resonances, supermodes with and without bus.
Bend-straight-couplers
: Conventional CMT-analysis (3D) of couplers made of a bent and a straight waveguide; basis: WMM modes for straight channels.
Periodic waveguide
: Infinite regular sequence of high-contrast dielectric squares, 1-D periodicity, Floquet-Bloch modes, band structure diagram.
Cross-strip interferometer
: Laterally unguided, vertically guided light traverses a rib of specific dimensions, a polarizer configuration.
Circulator
: Concept for a polarization-independent integrated optical circulator, 3D, unidirectional magnetooptic polarization converters combined with polarization splitters.
— examples in the manual of the
Metric
simulation tools —-
Waveguide
: Light propagation along a symmetric three layer slab waveguide.
Coupling
: Evanescent interaction between two identical parallel cores, periodic beating pattern.
Facet
: Rectangular slab waveguide facet, guided wave reflection and divergence of transmitted waves.
Corner
: Sharp 90
o
corner in a slab waveguide, a lot of radiative loss.
T-junction
: Perpendicular slab waveguides, partial lateral guided power transmission and radiation loss.
Crossing
: intersection of two cores at 90
o
, guided wave reflection, transmission, lateral routing, and radiation loss.
Square microresonator
: A square dielectric cavity with two perpendicular bus channels, a resonant configuration.
Hole
: Light propagation across a single hole in a nonsymmetric slab waveguide, radiation pattern.
Bragg grading
: A deeply etched, short waveguide Bragg grating (4 periods), reflector configuration.
Defect cavity
: A short, deeply etched waveguide Bragg grating with central defect, transmission resonance.
Photonic crystal waveguide
: A missing row in a square lattice of rods; the light enters and exits the photonic crystal region through conventional waveguides.
PC waveguide bend
: 90
o
bend in a 2D photonic crystal waveguide, input and output via conventional waveguides.
Square microresonator
: Resonance in a square dielectric cavity with two parallel port waveguides.
— examples in the
WMM
-manual —
Waveguide coupling
: Evanescent interaction between two parallel channels, intensity distribution on the cross section, animation of mode beating with propagation distance.
Multimode interference
: A wide multimode rib, localized excitation, multimode interference, animation of the quasi-periodic focusing pattern with propagation distance.