I need to do waveguide analysis and would like to use PropCalc. How is this done?
PropCalc has a facility in which, instead of periodic structures, 2D uniform structures can be entered. Using this facility, hollow waveguides, dielectric waveguides, partially-filled waveguides, and a large variety of other structures can be analyzed. Surface waves and other physical effects will be properly captured and included. But the user should note that the grid size must be uniform along each direction (though grid size can be different along x, y, and z). For this kind of calculation, it may be necessary to hand modify the .propin file (see the PropCalc manual).
