Additional information
Additional information on use cases, and advanced features of simulation objects.
- Always extend structures through PML boundary conditions
- Bloch boundary conditions in FDTD and MODE
- Broadband Fixed Angle Source Technique (BFAST)
- Changing the source bandwidth in FDTD and MODE
- Charge distribution to change in refractive index theory
- Creating a custom source spectrum for an FDTD source
- Creating a custom source time signal for an FDTD source
- Defining a beam using a pupil function
- Importing and exporting GDSII files
- Importing arbitrary source fields into EME ports
- Injecting modes at an angle with the mode source
- Periodic boundary conditions in FDTD and MODE
- PML boundary conditions in FDTD and MODE
- Selecting the best mesh refinement option in the FDTD simulation object
- Source direction and polarization conventions in finite element solvers
- Specifying object properties with an equation
- Spectral averaging simple example
- Starting with metal BCs in FDE simulations
- Structure group to create arrays of objects
- Symmetric and anti-symmetric BCs in FDTD and MODE
- Temperature dependent refractive index models
- Testing FDTD dipole sources in homogeneous materials
- Tips and best practices when using the FDTD TFSF source
- Tips for adding sidewall angles to simulation objects
- Tips for adding surface roughness to structures
- Tips for creating a 3D contour path object
- Tips for creating spiral and helix geometries
- Tips for creating structures with rounded corners
- Tips for creating waveguide bends using the path object
- Tips for finding modes with the mode source