References

You will find below a list of general references relevant to waveguide and fiber gratings and to waveguide optics. Optiwave Corporation does not endorse any of the references, nor do the OptiGrating algorithms follow exactly the publications. The references are listed for your convenience: General books about waveguides and fibers [1] M. J. Adams, “An…

Project Windows

Optical Grating - The Main Window

After you create a new project or open an existing one, you will see the OptiGrating Main Window, as shown below. The Main Window The Main Window of OptiGrating 4.2 is a multi-document interface that allows you to open several grating projects simultaneously. The Menu Bar displays the command and option menus that OptiGrating offers you.…

Basic Concepts

What is a Main Window The main window of OptiGrating is a multi-document interface which allows you to open several grating projects simultaneously. You can also use a Multiple Window view. It is important to remember that you get different tools, exporting curves, and printing options that are specific for each active window, i.e. the…

Fiber Bragg Grating

In the first lesson, you will learn how to design a Fiber Bragg Grating with chirp and apodization. Such a grating finds application in fiber dispersion compensation. S.1 The first thing you will do is to open a new project. Then, you will choose one of the five available modules to work with: Single Fiber,…

OptiGrating Overview

Grating 3

OptiGrating uses the Coupled Mode Theory to model the light and enable analysis and synthesis of gratings…

Training at Optiwave

We welcome you to visit Optiwave headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario Canada for our next scheduled training event. Ottawa, Canada is the Nation’s capital and a culturally beautiful city to visit. Flight time from major airports in New York …

OptiFiber & OptiGrating Fundamentals and Design Techniques

OptiFiber & OptiGrating Fundamentals and Design Techniques is a one day course that provides a working introduction to the OptiFiber & OptiGrating technical computing environment. This course is intended for beginning and intermediate users, though even experienced users will benefit from seeing OptiFiber & OptiGrating used by professional OPTIWAVE trainers. No prior knowledge of Optiwave…