tidy3d.FluxTimeMonitor

class tidy3d.FluxTimeMonitor

Monitor that records power flux through a plane in the time domain.

Parameters

• center (Tuple[float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)) – [units = um]. Center of object in x, y, and z.

• size (Tuple[NonNegativeFloat, NonNegativeFloat, NonNegativeFloat]) – [units = um]. Size in x, y, and z directions.

• name (ConstrainedStrValue) – Unique name for monitor.

• start (NonNegativeFloat = 0.0) – [units = sec]. Time at which to start monitor recording.

• stop (Optional[NonNegativeFloat] = None) – [units = sec]. Time at which to stop monitor recording. If not specified, record until end of simulation.

• interval (PositiveInt = 1) – Number of time step intervals between monitor recordings.

Example

>>> monitor = FluxTimeMonitor(
...     center=(1,2,3),
...     size=(2,2,0),
...     start=1e-13,
...     stop=5e-13,
...     interval=2,
...     name='flux_vs_time')

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Fields

storage_size(num_cells: int, tmesh: tidy3d.components.types.Array) → int

Size of monitor storage given the number of points after discretization.

Parameters

• num_cells (int) – Number of grid cells within the monitor after discretization by a Simulation.

• tmesh (Array) – The discretized time mesh of a Simulation.

Returns

Number of bytes to be stored in monitor.

Return type

int