OpenScience / Software / Physics / Optics

Pyofss allows optical component modules to be grouped together into a system. An optical field is propagated through the system and the evolution of the field viewed at each module. Fibre effects include attenuation, dispersion, self-phase modulation, self-steepening, and Raman … Continue reading →

The MIT Photonic-Bands (MPB) package is a free program for computing the band structures (dispersion relations) and electromagnetic modes of periodic dielectric structures, on both serial and parallel computers. It was developed by Steven G. Johnson at MIT along with … Continue reading →

Meep (or MEEP) is a free finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation software package developed at MIT to model electromagnetic systems, along with our MPB eigenmode package. Its features include: – Free software under the GNU GPL. – Simulation in 1d, 2d, … Continue reading →

CAMFR (CAvity Modelling FRamework) is a fast, flexible, friendly full-vectorial Maxwell solver. Its main focus is on applications in the field of nanophotonics, like wavelength-scale microstructures, lasers and light-emitting diodes. Find CAMFR at: http://camfr.sourceforge.net/

Solves the Nonlinear Schrdinger equation using the split-step Fourier method in order to simulate the propagation of an ultrashort laser pulse in photonic crystal fibers. Find LaserFOAM at: http://laserfoam.sourceforge.net/