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Since the command copydcard is written to select a mode based on index instead of the E-field pattern, you may have your mode1 to be TM instead of TE. I would like to avoid this. Is there anyway to select the TE mode even if my mode1 turns out to be TM?<\/p>\n<p>&lt;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;more ifnromation&#8212;&#8212;-&gt;<\/p>\n<p>I am running a for loop with variable i, to change the height\/z position of the fiber. Then the TE mode profile needs to be captured for fiber at different values of i\/different heights. So I am trying to store the mode profile in &#8220;TE_Fib&#8221; dcard as shown below. But for some heights\/i values, the mode1 is not TE instead its TM. I need mode1 to be TE or a way to choose TE mode exclusively to save it in dcard<\/p>\n<p><em>copydcard(&#8220;mode1&#8221;,&#8221;TE_Fib&#8221;+num2str(i));<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-251264","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-eigensolver-analysis-2","topic-tag-FDE-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi,I am trying to calculate overlap between two modes using the overlap command. I followed the instructions on the webpage referring to overlap function, where copydcard is first used to select a mode. I want to write a script file where the mode is selected after running FDE for an object. 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