Re: Problem with integration of fields

On 20/09/2007, John Travers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm having a problem with the integration of the electric field. I'm
> trying to calculate the effective area of an optical fiber. This is
> defined as:
>
> ( integral ( abs(E)^2 ) )^2
> ----------------------------------
>   integral ( abs(E)^4 )
>
> where the integrals are over the area in the x-y plane and the E
> fields are the z component.
>
> When I do this I get values which are wrong by about a factor of
> 2-2.5.

I must apologize for creating noise again on this list. The problem
was with my analytic calculation and not with MPB!
Best regards,
John Travers