{"id":159569,"date":"2021-06-17T02:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T02:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-calculate-the-modes-effective-index-of-the-fundamental-tm-mode-using-polarization-fraction\/"},"modified":"2021-06-22T20:24:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:24:10","slug":"how-to-calculate-the-modes-effective-index-of-the-fundamental-tm-mode-using-polarization-fraction","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-calculate-the-modes-effective-index-of-the-fundamental-tm-mode-using-polarization-fraction\/","title":{"rendered":"How to calculate the modes, effective index of the fundamental TM mode, using polarization fraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>I am taking the FDE Solver Course and am stuck in the &quot;My First Simulation&quot; Quiz and Exercise where I download the associated files to perform the exercise. I trying to understand how to get the correct answer for Exercise 1 and 2. I changed the wavelength to 1.55 um, but I don&#039;t know what to do next and how to analyze the results. I am pretty much a novice in photonics. Could I do a Webex or something so someone could walk me through this?<\/p>\n<div data-embedjson=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/830\/I85LM0H5SO82.jpg&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Capture1.JPG&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:134145,&quot;width&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:null,&quot;embedType&quot;:&quot;file&quot;}\">\n<a href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/830\/I85LM0H5SO82.jpg\" download aria-label=\"Capture1.JPG\"><br \/>\nCapture1.JPG<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-159569","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_old_reply_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_reply_anonymous_id":["false"],"_btv_view_count":["1837"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["243213","80234"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["159569"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27833"],"_bbp_engagement":["30281","80234","202847"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["287120"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["287120"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-06-05 12:03:49"]},"test":"craig-swansongtri-gatech-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/159569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/159569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}