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    Area of Science:

    • Photonics and Optical Engineering
    • Computational Electromagnetics
    • Materials Science

    Background:

    • Optical waveguides are crucial components in photonic integrated circuits.
    • Analyzing anisotropic materials in optical waveguides presents significant computational challenges.
    • Existing mesh-based methods struggle with complex geometries and material anisotropies.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an efficient and accurate full-vectorial mode solver for optical waveguides with anisotropic materials.
    • To introduce a meshless approach that overcomes limitations of traditional numerical techniques.
    • To validate the proposed method using diverse anisotropic waveguide structures.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized the meshless finite cloud method (FCM) for waveguide analysis.
    • Employed transverse-magnetic (TM) field components and point collocation.
    • Incorporated continuity conditions for longitudinal field components at cloud interfaces.
    • Implemented adaptive nodal distribution for enhanced computational efficiency and accuracy.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully analyzed anisotropic square, magneto-optical raised strip, and nematic liquid-crystal channel waveguides.
    • Presented accurate modal field distributions and effective refractive indexes.
    • Demonstrated good agreement with previously published results, validating the method's effectiveness.

    Conclusions:

    • The meshless finite cloud method provides an efficient and accurate solution for analyzing optical waveguides with anisotropic materials.
    • The adaptive nodal distribution enhances computational performance and numerical precision.
    • This method offers a flexible alternative for complex photonic device simulations.