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January 2, 2015 at 12:01 pm
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It is straightforward to calculate D once you have B2. First convert the modal index to the propagation constant following the equation outlined by Abdallah:
http://staging.optiwave.com/forums/topic/modal-index/
Then using a finite difference to approximate the second derivative you can calculate B2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_difference
Cheers