py-fmas: A python package for ultrashort optical pulse propagation in terms of forward models for the analytic signal

authored by

Oliver Melchert, Ayhan Demircan

Abstract

We present a flexible, open-source Python package for the accurate simulation of the \(z\)-propagation dynamics of ultrashort optical pulses in nonlinear waveguides, especially valid for few-cycle pulses and their interaction. The simulation approach is based on unidirectional propagation equations for the analytic signal. The provided software allows to account for dispersion, attenuation, four-wave mixing processes including, e.g., third-harmonic generation, and features various models for the Raman response. The propagation equations are solved on a periodic temporal domain. For \(z\)-propagation, a selection of pseudospectral methods is available. Propagation scenarios for a custom propagation constant and initial field pulses can either be specified in terms of a HDF5 based input file format or by direct implementation using a python script. We demonstrate the functionality for a test-case for which an exact solution is available, by reproducing exemplary results documented in the scientific literature, and a complex propagation scenario involving multiple pulses. The py-fmas code, its reference manual, an extended user guide, and further usage examples are available online at github.com/omelchert/py-fmas.

Organisation(s)

PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines
Institute of Quantum Optics

Type

Article

Journal

Computer Physics Communications

Volume

273

ISSN

0010-4655

Publication date

04.2022

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy(all), Hardware and Architecture

Electronic version(s)

http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.11649v1 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2021.108257 (Access: Closed)