Re: Query of Interest from lab members working at SNF -- whom would be interested in using BeamPROP software application if we had it here at SNF?

If the goal is to simply calculate the modes and effective indices of ridge waveguide structures, no matter how many layers, there are free alternatives available on the web. A  Matlab-based mode solver was also written by somebody in Prof. James Harris' group. I am sure that BeamProp does a lot more things than this, but maybe not all of these might be required by the majority of users. Our group maintains solvers for diffused waveguides as well as semiconductor-based slab / ridge waveguides.

Carsten

On May 24, 2011, at 10:07 AM, James W. Conway wrote:

Greetings Lab Members and Ebeam Lab Users:

A number of Users working in the Ebeam Lab are working with and fabricating optical waveguides, splitters, and resonators as well as other types of nano-optical Photonic devices.
This email is intended to solicit interest from our Users working in the lab towards acquiring BeamProp software package for our Lab.  The intention would be to split the cost of this application between SNF and another Stanford group for their users.  The application would be maintained on SNF computing equipment in the Ebeam Lab and add to our tool set of CAD and modeling software as we move into the future.

Please lend me your opinion by replying to this email if you are interested or have any comments...

Thank you,

James Conway
Ebeam Technology Group
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility



Example of the software with many thanks from Stephanie Claussen:

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