tidy3d.FullyAnisotropicMedium#

class tidy3d.FullyAnisotropicMedium#

Bases: tidy3d.components.medium.AbstractMedium

Fully anisotropic medium including all 9 components of the permittivity and conductivity tensors. Provided permittivity tensor and the symmetric part of the conductivity tensor must have coinciding main directions. A non-symmetric conductivity tensor can be used to model magneto-optic effects. Note that dispersive properties and subpixel averaging are currently not supported for fully anisotropic materials.

Parameters

  • name (Optional[str] = None) – Optional unique name for medium.

  • frequency_range (Optional[Tuple[float, float]] = None) – [units = (Hz, Hz)]. Optional range of validity for the medium.

  • permittivity (ArrayLike_dtype=<class 'float'>_ndim=2_shape=(3, 3) = [[1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]) – [units = None (relative permittivity)]. Relative permittivity tensor.

  • conductivity (ArrayLike_dtype=<class 'float'>_ndim=2_shape=(3, 3) = [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]) – [units = S/um]. Electric conductivity tensor. Defined such that the imaginary part of the complex permittivity at angular frequency omega is given by conductivity/omega.

Note

Simulations involving fully anisotropic materials are computationally more intensive, thus, they take longer time to complete. This increase strongly depends on the filling fraction of the simulation domain by fully anisotropic materials, varying approximately in the range from 1.5 to 5. Cost of running a simulation is adjusted correspondingly.

Example

>>> perm = [[2, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 3]]
>>> cond = [[0.1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
>>> anisotropic_dielectric = FullyAnisotropicMedium(permittivity=perm, conductivity=cond)

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   "description": "Fully anisotropic medium including all 9 components of the permittivity and conductivity\ntensors. Provided permittivity tensor and the symmetric part of the conductivity tensor must\nhave coinciding main directions. A non-symmetric conductivity tensor can be used to model\nmagneto-optic effects. Note that dispersive properties and subpixel averaging are currently not\nsupported for fully anisotropic materials.\n\nParameters\n----------\nname : Optional[str] = None\n    Optional unique name for medium.\nfrequency_range : Optional[Tuple[float, float]] = None\n    [units = (Hz, Hz)].  Optional range of validity for the medium.\npermittivity : ArrayLike_dtype=<class 'float'>_ndim=2_shape=(3, 3) = [[1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]\n    [units = None (relative permittivity)].  Relative permittivity tensor.\nconductivity : ArrayLike_dtype=<class 'float'>_ndim=2_shape=(3, 3) = [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]\n    [units = S/um].  Electric conductivity tensor. Defined such that the imaginary part of the complex permittivity at angular frequency omega is given by conductivity/omega.\n\nNote\n----\nSimulations involving fully anisotropic materials are computationally more intensive, thus,\nthey take longer time to complete. This increase strongly depends on the filling fraction of\nthe simulation domain by fully anisotropic materials, varying approximately in the range from\n1.5 to 5. Cost of running a simulation is adjusted correspondingly.\n\nExample\n-------\n>>> perm = [[2, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 3]]\n>>> cond = [[0.1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]\n>>> anisotropic_dielectric = FullyAnisotropicMedium(permittivity=perm, conductivity=cond)",
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attribute conductivity: tidy3d.components.types.ArrayLike_dtype=<class 'float'>_ndim=2_shape=(3, 3) = [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]#

Electric conductivity tensor. Defined such that the imaginary part of the complex permittivity at angular frequency omega is given by conductivity/omega.

Constraints

  • title = ArrayLike

  • type = ArrayLike

Validated by

  • conductivity_ge_zero_and_commutes

attribute frequency_range: Tuple[float, float] = None#

Optional range of validity for the medium.

attribute name: str = None#

Optional unique name for medium.

Validated by

  • field_has_unique_names

attribute permittivity: tidy3d.components.types.ArrayLike_dtype=<class 'float'>_ndim=2_shape=(3, 3) = [[1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]#

Relative permittivity tensor.

Constraints

  • title = ArrayLike

  • type = ArrayLike

Validated by

  • permittivity_spd_and_ge_one

classmethod add_type_field() → None#

Automatically place “type” field with model name in the model field dictionary.

classmethod construct(_fields_set: Optional[SetStr] = None, **values: Any) → Model#

Creates a new model setting __dict__ and __fields_set__ from trusted or pre-validated data. Default values are respected, but no other validation is performed. Behaves as if Config.extra = ‘allow’ was set since it adds all passed values

copy(**kwargs) → tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Copy a Tidy3dBaseModel. With deep=True as default.

dict(*, include: Optional[Union[AbstractSetIntStr, MappingIntStrAny]] = None, exclude: Optional[Union[AbstractSetIntStr, MappingIntStrAny]] = None, by_alias: bool = False, skip_defaults: Optional[bool] = None, exclude_unset: bool = False, exclude_defaults: bool = False, exclude_none: bool = False) → DictStrAny#

Generate a dictionary representation of the model, optionally specifying which fields to include or exclude.

classmethod dict_from_file(fname: str, group_path: Optional[str] = None) → dict#

Loads a dictionary containing the model from a .yaml, .json, or .hdf5 file.

Parameters

  • fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml or .json file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • group_path (str, optional) – Path to a group inside the file to use as the base level.

Returns

A dictionary containing the model.

Return type

dict

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_file(fname='folder/sim.json')
classmethod dict_from_hdf5(fname: str, group_path: str = '', custom_decoders: Optional[List[Callable]] = None) → dict#

Loads a dictionary containing the model contents from a .hdf5 file.

Parameters

  • fname (str) – Full path to the .hdf5 file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • group_path (str, optional) – Path to a group inside the file to selectively load a sub-element of the model only.

  • custom_decoders (List[Callable]) – List of functions accepting (fname: str, group_path: str, model_dict: dict, key: str, value: Any) that store the value in the model dict after a custom decoding.

Returns

Dictionary containing the model.

Return type

dict

Example

>>> sim_dict = Simulation.dict_from_hdf5(fname='folder/sim.hdf5')
classmethod dict_from_json(fname: str) → dict#

Load dictionary of the model from a .json file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .json file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

Returns

A dictionary containing the model.

Return type

dict

Example

>>> sim_dict = Simulation.dict_from_json(fname='folder/sim.json')
classmethod dict_from_yaml(fname: str) → dict#

Load dictionary of the model from a .yaml file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

Returns

A dictionary containing the model.

Return type

dict

Example

>>> sim_dict = Simulation.dict_from_yaml(fname='folder/sim.yaml')
eps_comp(row: Literal[0, 1, 2], col: Literal[0, 1, 2], frequency: float) → complex#

Single component the complex-valued permittivity tensor as a function of frequency.

Parameters

  • row (int) – Component’s row in the permittivity tensor (0, 1, or 2 for x, y, or z respectively).

  • col (int) – Component’s column in the permittivity tensor (0, 1, or 2 for x, y, or z respectively).

  • frequency (float) – Frequency to evaluate permittivity at (Hz).

Returns

Element of the relative permittivity tensor evaluated at frequency.

Return type

complex

static eps_complex_to_eps_sigma(eps_complex: complex, freq: float) → Tuple[float, float]#

Convert complex permittivity at frequency freq to permittivity and conductivity values.

Parameters

  • eps_complex (complex) – Complex-valued relative permittivity.

  • freq (float) – Frequency to evaluate permittivity at (Hz).

Returns

Real part of relative permittivity & electric conductivity.

Return type

Tuple[float, float]

static eps_complex_to_nk(eps_c: complex) → Tuple[float, float]#

Convert complex permittivity to n, k values.

Parameters

eps_c (complex) – Complex-valued relative permittivity.

Returns

Real and imaginary parts of refractive index (n & k).

Return type

Tuple[float, float]

eps_diagonal(frequency: float) → Tuple[complex, complex, complex]#

Main diagonal of the complex-valued permittivity tensor as a function of frequency.

eps_model(frequency: float) → complex#

Complex-valued permittivity as a function of frequency.

static eps_sigma_to_eps_complex(eps_real: float, sigma: float, freq: float) → complex#

convert permittivity and conductivity to complex permittivity at freq

Parameters

  • eps_real (float) – Real-valued relative permittivity.

  • sigma (float) – Conductivity.

  • freq (float) – Frequency to evaluate permittivity at (Hz). If not supplied, returns real part of permittivity (limit as frequency -> infinity.)

Returns

Complex-valued relative permittivity.

Return type

complex

classmethod from_diagonal(xx: tidy3d.components.medium.Medium, yy: tidy3d.components.medium.Medium, zz: tidy3d.components.medium.Medium, rotation: tidy3d.components.transformation.RotationAroundAxis)#

Construct a fully anisotropic medium by rotating a diagonally ansisotropic medium.

Parameters

  • xx (Medium) – Medium describing the xx-component of the diagonal permittivity tensor.

  • yy (Medium) – Medium describing the yy-component of the diagonal permittivity tensor.

  • zz (Medium) – Medium describing the zz-component of the diagonal permittivity tensor.

  • rotation (RotationType) – Rotation applied to diagonal permittivity tensor.

Returns

Resulting fully anisotropic medium.

Return type

FullyAnisotropicMedium

classmethod from_file(fname: str, group_path: Optional[str] = None, **parse_obj_kwargs) → tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Loads a Tidy3dBaseModel from .yaml, .json, or .hdf5 file.

Parameters

  • fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml or .json file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • group_path (str, optional) – Path to a group inside the file to use as the base level. Only for .hdf5 files. Starting / is optional.

  • **parse_obj_kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to either pydantic’s parse_obj function when loading model.

Returns

An instance of the component class calling load.

Return type

Tidy3dBaseModel

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_file(fname='folder/sim.json')
classmethod from_hdf5(fname: str, group_path: str = '', custom_decoders: Optional[List[Callable]] = None, **parse_obj_kwargs) → tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Loads Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .hdf5 file.

Parameters

  • fname (str) – Full path to the .hdf5 file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • group_path (str, optional) – Path to a group inside the file to selectively load a sub-element of the model only. Starting / is optional.

  • custom_decoders (List[Callable]) – List of functions accepting (fname: str, group_path: str, model_dict: dict, key: str, value: Any) that store the value in the model dict after a custom decoding.

  • **parse_obj_kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to pydantic’s parse_obj method.

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_file(fname='folder/sim.hdf5')
classmethod from_json(fname: str, **parse_obj_kwargs) → tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Load a Tidy3dBaseModel from .json file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .json file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

Returns

  • Tidy3dBaseModel – An instance of the component class calling load.

  • **parse_obj_kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to pydantic’s parse_obj method.

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_json(fname='folder/sim.json')
classmethod from_orm(obj: Any) → Model#
classmethod from_yaml(fname: str, **parse_obj_kwargs) → tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Loads Tidy3dBaseModel from .yaml file.

Parameters

  • fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • **parse_obj_kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to pydantic’s parse_obj method.

Returns

An instance of the component class calling from_yaml.

Return type

Tidy3dBaseModel

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_yaml(fname='folder/sim.yaml')
classmethod generate_docstring() → str#

Generates a docstring for a Tidy3D mode and saves it to the __doc__ of the class.

classmethod get_sub_model(group_path: str, model_dict: dict | list) → dict#

Get the sub model for a given group path.

get_submodels_by_hash() → Dict[int, List[Union[str, Tuple[str, int]]]]#

Return a dictionary of this object’s sub-models indexed by their hash values.

static get_tuple_group_name(index: int) → str#

Get the group name of a tuple element.

static get_tuple_index(key_name: str) → int#

Get the index into the tuple based on its group name.

help(methods: bool = False) → None#

Prints message describing the fields and methods of a Tidy3dBaseModel.

Parameters

methods (bool = False) – Whether to also print out information about object’s methods.

Example

>>> simulation.help(methods=True)
json(*, include: Optional[Union[AbstractSetIntStr, MappingIntStrAny]] = None, exclude: Optional[Union[AbstractSetIntStr, MappingIntStrAny]] = None, by_alias: bool = False, skip_defaults: Optional[bool] = None, exclude_unset: bool = False, exclude_defaults: bool = False, exclude_none: bool = False, encoder: Optional[Callable[[Any], Any]] = None, models_as_dict: bool = True, **dumps_kwargs: Any) → unicode#

Generate a JSON representation of the model, include and exclude arguments as per dict().

encoder is an optional function to supply as default to json.dumps(), other arguments as per json.dumps().

nk_model(frequency: float) → Tuple[float, float]#

Real and imaginary parts of the refactive index as a function of frequency.

Parameters

frequency (float) – Frequency to evaluate permittivity at (Hz).

Returns

Real part (n) and imaginary part (k) of refractive index of medium.

Return type

Tuple[float, float]

static nk_to_eps_complex(n: float, k: float = 0.0) → complex#

Convert n, k to complex permittivity.

Parameters

  • n (float) – Real part of refractive index.

  • k (float = 0.0) – Imaginary part of refrative index.

Returns

Complex-valued relative permittivty.

Return type

complex

static nk_to_eps_sigma(n: float, k: float, freq: float) → Tuple[float, float]#

Convert n, k at frequency freq to permittivity and conductivity values.

Parameters

  • n (float) – Real part of refractive index.

  • k (float = 0.0) – Imaginary part of refrative index.

  • frequency (float) – Frequency to evaluate permittivity at (Hz).

Returns

Real part of relative permittivity & electric conductivity.

Return type

Tuple[float, float]

classmethod parse_file(path: Union[str, pathlib.Path], *, content_type: unicode = None, encoding: unicode = 'utf8', proto: pydantic.parse.Protocol = None, allow_pickle: bool = False) → Model#
classmethod parse_obj(obj: Any) → Model#
classmethod parse_raw(b: Union[str, bytes], *, content_type: unicode = None, encoding: unicode = 'utf8', proto: pydantic.parse.Protocol = None, allow_pickle: bool = False) → Model#
plot(freqs: float, ax: matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes = None) → matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes#

Plot n, k of a FullyAnisotropicMedium as a function of frequency.

classmethod schema(by_alias: bool = True, ref_template: unicode = '#/definitions/{model}') → DictStrAny#
classmethod schema_json(*, by_alias: bool = True, ref_template: unicode = '#/definitions/{model}', **dumps_kwargs: Any) → unicode#
sigma_model(freq: float) → complex#

Complex-valued conductivity as a function of frequency.

Parameters

freq (float) – Frequency to evaluate conductivity at (Hz).

Returns

Complex conductivity at this frequency.

Return type

complex

to_file(fname: str) → None#

Exports Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .yaml, .json, or .hdf5 file

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml or .json file to save the Tidy3dBaseModel to.

Example

>>> simulation.to_file(fname='folder/sim.json')
to_hdf5(fname: str, custom_encoders: Optional[List[Callable]] = None) → None#

Exports Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .hdf5 file.

Parameters

  • fname (str) – Full path to the .hdf5 file to save the Tidy3dBaseModel to.

  • custom_encoders (List[Callable]) – List of functions accepting (fname: str, group_path: str, value: Any) that take the value supplied and write it to the hdf5 fname at group_path.

Example

>>> simulation.to_hdf5(fname='folder/sim.hdf5')
to_json(fname: str) → None#

Exports Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .json file

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .json file to save the Tidy3dBaseModel to.

Example

>>> simulation.to_json(fname='folder/sim.json')
to_yaml(fname: str) → None#

Exports Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .yaml file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml file to save the Tidy3dBaseModel to.

Example

>>> simulation.to_yaml(fname='folder/sim.yaml')
classmethod tuple_to_dict(tuple_values: tuple) → dict#

How we generate a dictionary mapping new keys to tuple values for hdf5.

classmethod update_forward_refs(**localns: Any) → None#

Try to update ForwardRefs on fields based on this Model, globalns and localns.

updated_copy(**kwargs) → tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Make copy of a component instance with **kwargs indicating updated field values.

classmethod validate(value: Any) → Model#
property eps_sigma_diag: Tuple[Tuple[float, float, float], Tuple[float, float, float], tidy3d.components.types.ArrayLike_dtype=<class 'float'>_ndim=2_shape=(3, 3)]#

Main components of permittivity and conductivity tensors and their directions.

property n_cfl#

This property computes the index of refraction related to CFL condition, so that the FDTD with this medium is stable when the time step size that doesn’t take material factor into account is multiplied by n_cfl.

For this medium, it take the minimal of sqrt(permittivity) for main directions.