Noe, I just asked this question. Look at the thread called:
"efield vs. dpwr, field definition --> follow-up on old thread" on this link http://ab-initio.mit.edu/pipermail/mpb-discuss/2008-December/thread.html Steven includes a short code to compute the effective area. You have to output the results. e.g. (print "Aeff = " (Aeff b) "\n"), where b is the band number. 2) Book Look at the (free) online book of Steven and colleagues Ch. 7, where your question is treated in detail: http://ab-initio.mit.edu/book/ Chad On Dec 12, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Noe Gonzalez Baquedane wrote: Hi my name is Noe from mexico, i'm a beginner en mpb by the way apologize cause my horrible english, could someone help me? I need calculate de Aeff of the fundamental mode in PCF (photonic crystal fibers) an to do this it is necesary to know the electric fiel E, how can i get it? _______________________________________________ mpb-discuss mailing list mpb-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mpb-discuss _______________________________________________ mpb-discuss mailing list mpb-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mpb-discuss