BPM-Matlab : an open-source optical propagation simulation tool in Matlab
Abstract
We present the use of the Douglas-Gunn Alternating Direction Implicit finite difference method for computationally efficient simulation of the electric field propagation through a wide variety of optical fiber geometries. The method can accommodate refractive index profiles of arbitrary shape and is implemented in a tool called BPM-Matlab. We validate BPM-Matlab by comparing it to published experimental, numerical, and theoretical data and to commercially available state-of-the-art software. It is user-friendly, fast, and is available open-source. BPM-Matlab has a broad scope of applications in modeling a variety of optical fibers for diverse fields such as imaging, communication, material processing, and remote sensing.
Citation
Veettikazhy , M , Hansen , A K , Marti , D , Jensen , S M , Borre , A L , Andresen , E R , Dholakia , K & Andersen , P E 2021 , ' BPM-Matlab : an open-source optical propagation simulation tool in Matlab ' , Optics Express , vol. 29 , no. 8 , pp. 11819-11832 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.420493
Publication
Optics Express
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1094-4087Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.
Description
Funding: Teknologi og Produktion, Det Frie Forskningsråd (7017-00021); Otto Mønsteds Fond (20-81-0035); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P030017/1).Collections
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