This work was mainly supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) on Photonics, and partly by the European Commission through the IST PCIC (Photonic Crystal Integrated Circuits) project.

Many people and groups have contributed to the development of this software, both directly and indirectly. I wish to express my thanks to Dr. Marcin Swillo, Dr. Anand Srinivasan, Dr. Mikael Mulot, Prof. Sailing He, Prof. Anders Karlsson, Prof. Bozena Jaskorzynska, and Prof. Lars Thylen in KTH, Prof. H. Benisty in EPP, France, Dr. R. Ferrini and Dr. R. Houdre in EPFL, Switzerland.

I probably missed some names here, and I apologize for that.