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My first guess for the effective index was 0.999957. Initially, I manually created a table with the effective index values and corresponding loss results. However, I now want to perform a sweep across the entire wavelength range to obtain a more comprehensive dataset.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/03-04-2025-1743710500-neff x loss.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p class=&#8221;&#8221; data-start=&#8221;826&#8243; data-end=&#8221;843&#8243;&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;I&#8217;ve attempted:&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<ol>&lt;li class=&#8221;&#8221; style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221; data-start=&#8221;844&#8243; data-end=&#8221;922&#8243;&gt;&lt;p class=&#8221;&#8221; data-start=&#8221;847&#8243; data-end=&#8221;922&#8243;&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&#8221;847&#8243; data-end=&#8221;866&#8243;&gt;Frequency Sweep<\/strong> &ndash; but the results were not as close to the reference.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/li>\n<p>&lt;li class=&#8221;&#8221; style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221; data-start=&#8221;923&#8243; data-end=&#8221;1017&#8243;&gt;&lt;p class=&#8221;&#8221; data-start=&#8221;926&#8243; data-end=&#8221;1017&#8243;&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&#8221;926&#8243; data-end=&#8221;957&#8243;&gt;Optimization and Sweep Tool<\/strong> &ndash; but I&#8217;m unsure how to properly set up the sweep object.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;Would you have any recommendations on how to properly configure the sweep to ensure accurate results?&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-427917","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-FDE-1","topic-tag-loss-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27833"],"_bbp_topic_id":["427917"],"_bbp_subscription":["53625","2796","652724"],"_bbp_author_ip":["200.247.153.34"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["457138"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["457138"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-27 07:55:03"],"_bbp_reply_count":["9"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["53625","2796","652724"],"_btv_view_count":["375"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"gabriel-moraisestudante-ufla-br"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/427917","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\/427917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}