tidy3d.CustomCurrentSource

tidy3d.CustomCurrentSource#

class CustomCurrentSource[source]#

Bases: ReverseInterpolatedSource

Implements a source corresponding to an input dataset containing E and H fields.

Parameters:

  • name (Optional[str] = None) – Optional name for the source.

  • center (Optional[tuple[Union[float, autograd.tracer.Box], Union[float, autograd.tracer.Box], Union[float, autograd.tracer.Box]]] = None) – [units = um]. Center of object in x, y, and z.

  • size (tuple[Union[NonNegativeFloat, autograd.tracer.Box], Union[NonNegativeFloat, autograd.tracer.Box], Union[NonNegativeFloat, autograd.tracer.Box]]) – [units = um]. Size in x, y, and z directions.

  • source_time (Union[GaussianPulse, ContinuousWave, CustomSourceTime, BroadbandPulse, BasebandStep, BasebandGaussianPulse, BasebandRectangularPulse, BasebandCustomSourceTime]) – Specification of the source time-dependence.

  • interpolate (bool = True) – Handles reverse-interpolation of zero-size dimensions of the source. If False, the source data is snapped to the nearest Yee grid point. If True, equivalent source data is applied on the surrounding Yee grid points to emulate placement at the specified location using linear interpolation.

  • confine_to_bounds (bool = False) – If True, any source amplitudes which, after discretization, fall beyond the bounding box of the source are zeroed out, but only along directions where the source has a non-zero extent. The bounding box is inclusive. Should be set `True when the current source is being used to excite a current in a conductive material.

  • current_dataset (Optional[FieldDataset]) – FieldDataset containing the desired frequency-domain electric and magnetic current patterns to inject.

Notes

Injects the specified components of the E and H dataset directly as J and M current distributions in the FDTD solver. The coordinates of all provided fields are assumed to be relative to the source center.

The syntax is very similar to CustomFieldSource, except instead of a field_dataset, the source accepts a current_dataset. This dataset still contains \(E_{x,y,z}\) and \(H_{x,y, z}\) field components, which correspond to \(J\) and \(M\) components respectively. There are also fewer constraints on the data requirements for CustomCurrentSource. It can be volumetric or planar without requiring tangential components. Finally, note that the dataset is still defined w.r.t. the source center, just as in the case of the CustomFieldSource, and can then be placed anywhere in the simulation.

Example

>>> from tidy3d import ScalarFieldDataArray, GaussianPulse
>>> import numpy as np
>>> pulse = GaussianPulse(freq0=200e12, fwidth=20e12)
>>> x = np.linspace(-1, 1, 101)
>>> y = np.linspace(-1, 1, 101)
>>> z = np.array([0])
>>> f = [2e14]
>>> coords = dict(x=x, y=y, z=z, f=f)
>>> scalar_field = ScalarFieldDataArray(np.ones((101, 101, 1, 1)), coords=coords)
>>> dataset = FieldDataset(Ex=scalar_field)
>>> custom_source = CustomCurrentSource(
...     center=(1, 1, 1),
...     size=(2, 2, 0),
...     source_time=pulse,
...     current_dataset=dataset)

See also

Notebooks

Attributes

current_dataset

interpolate

confine_to_bounds

source_time

size

center

name

Inherited Common Usage

current_dataset#