tidy3d.Medium#

class tidy3d.Medium#

Dispersionless medium.

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 (ConstrainedFloatValue = 1.0) – [units = None (relative permittivity)]. Relative permittivity.

  • conductivity (ConstrainedFloatValue = 0.0) – [units = S/um]. Electric conductivity. Defined such that the imaginary part of the complex permittivity at angular frequency omega is given by conductivity/omega.

Example

>>> dielectric = Medium(permittivity=4.0, name='my_medium')
>>> eps = dielectric.eps_model(200e12)

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      "conductivity": {
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         "description": "Electric conductivity.  Defined such that the imaginary part of the complex permittivity at angular frequency omega is given by conductivity/omega.",
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attribute conductivity: float = 0.0#

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

Constraints

  • minimum = 0.0

attribute permittivity: float = 1.0#

Relative permittivity.

Constraints

  • minimum = 1.0

eps_model(frequency: float) → complex#

New eps_model function.

classmethod from_nk(n: float, k: float, freq: float, **kwargs)#

Convert n and k values at frequency freq to Medium.

Parameters

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

  • k (float = 0) – Imaginary part of refrative index.

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

Returns

medium containing the corresponding permittivity and conductivity.

Return type

Medium