Metric, example

90° bend in a photonic crystal » field animation (0.9MB)

Metric example:

90^o waveguide bend in a 2D photonic crystal, driver file: pcbend.cpp

Snapshot of the physical optical electric field; TE waves (fundamental mode, incident in the bottom channel) enter and exit the photonic crystal region via pieces of conventional waveguides:

90° bend in a photonic crystal » field animation (1.3MB)