BPM-Matlab: an open-source optical propagation simulation tool in MATLAB

  • Veettikazhy, M. (Speaker)
  • Anders Kragh Hansen (Guest lecturer)
  • Dominik Marti (Guest lecturer)
  • Stefan Mark Jensen (Guest lecturer)
  • Anja Lykke Borre (Guest lecturer)
  • Esben Ravn Andresen (Guest lecturer)
  • Kishan Dholakia (Guest lecturer)
  • Andersen, P. E. (Other)

Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations

Description

Beam-shaping through optical fibers facilitates miniaturized light delivery in fields such as endoscopy, communication, etc. As the stability of optical beam delivery and collection depends a lot on the fiber stability, the impact of fiber deformations on mode-coupling for different types of fibers should be analyzed. To this end, we present a numerical simulation tool modeling optical field propagation through fibers with arbitrary refractive index profiles, focusing on fiber twisting, tapering, and bending. Our simulation tool is compared against the state-of-the-art simulation software evaluating computational efficiency, versatility, and user-friendliness. The simulation tool is gratis, open-source, fast, and supports optional CUDA acceleration.
Period5 Mar 2021
Event titleSPIE Photonics West LASE 2021
Event typeConference
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Beam propagation method
  • Optical fibers
  • Optical simulations
  • Geometrical optics
  • MATLAB
  • Computer simulations
  • Refractive index
  • Multimode fibers
  • Numerical modelling
  • Optical communications

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