slab of 1.6 in 1.5, 1 um, at 1 um, TE; straight n_eff 1.569443; exact: no grid
  radius   exact Im n_eff   Marcuse      ratio   exact loss per 90 deg
    20 um  2.5169e-3       4.6043e-3   1.829   4.315e0 dB
    40 um  9.8715e-5       1.3462e-4   1.364   3.385e-1 dB
    80 um  1.0133e-7       1.1507e-7   1.136   6.949e-4 dB
   120 um  9.0745e-11       9.8367e-11   1.084   9.335e-7 dB
  Marcuse / exact loss at 120 um         1.083990   paper 1          ± 1e-1      ok
strip as a slab: 2.845, 500 nm, in 1.444, at 1.55 um; full-vector on a 5 nm grid
  E normal to the bend plane, R 1 um: exact 2.757800 + 9.295e-4i, full-vector 2.757741 + 9.297e-4i
  E normal to the bend plane, R 2 um: exact 2.661426 + 5.064e-7i, full-vector 2.661388 + 5.068e-7i
  E in the bend plane, R 1 um: exact 2.551645 + 3.037e-3i, full-vector 2.552891 + 3.293e-3i
  E in the bend plane, R 2 um: exact 2.503112 + 4.581e-6i, full-vector 2.502916 + 4.777e-6i
the bend device: a 500 x 220 nm strip on 220 nm SOI bent at 2 um, at 1.55 um
  2D: n_eff 2.50566 along the arc, radiation 4.85e-4 dB per 90 deg (2D: an exact bent slab by the effective index method, no grid)
  3D: n_eff 2.46021 along the arc, radiation 2.63e-4 dB per 90 deg (125 × 111 cells, 10.000 nm straight, its bend's shift on 250 × 66 cells, 6.969 nm)
all 1 within tolerance of the paper
