tidy3d.Drude#

class Drude[source]#

Bases: DispersiveMedium

A dispersive medium described by the Drude model.

Parameters:
  • name (Attribute: name) –

    Type

    Optional[str]

    Default

    = None

    Description

    Optional unique name for medium.

  • frequency_range (Attribute: frequency_range) –

    Type

    Optional[Tuple[float, float]]

    Default

    = None

    Units

    (Hz, Hz)

    Description

    Optional range of validity for the medium.

  • allow_gain (Attribute: allow_gain) –

    Type

    bool

    Default

    = False

    Description

    Allow the medium to be active. Caution: simulations with a gain medium are unstable, and are likely to diverge.Simulations where β€˜allow_gain’ is set to β€˜True’ will still be charged even if diverged. Monitor data up to the divergence point will still be returned and can be useful in some cases.

  • nonlinear_spec (Attribute: nonlinear_spec) –

    Type

    Union[NonlinearSpec, NonlinearSusceptibility]

    Default

    = None

    Description

    Nonlinear spec applied on top of the base medium properties.

  • modulation_spec (Attribute: modulation_spec) –

    Type

    Optional[ModulationSpec]

    Default

    = None

    Description

    Modulation spec applied on top of the base medium properties.

  • heat_spec (Attribute: heat_spec) –

    Type

    Union[FluidSpec, SolidSpec, NoneType]

    Default

    = None

    Description

    Specification of the medium heat properties. They are used for solving the heat equation via the HeatSimulation interface. Such simulations can be used for investigating the influence of heat propagation on the properties of optical systems. Once the temperature distribution in the system is found using HeatSimulation object, Simulation.perturbed_mediums_copy() can be used to convert mediums with perturbation models defined into spatially dependent custom mediums. Otherwise, the heat_spec does not directly affect the running of an optical Simulation.

  • eps_inf (Attribute: eps_inf) –

    Type

    PositiveFloat

    Default

    = 1.0

    Units

    None (relative permittivity)

    Description

    Relative permittivity at infinite frequency (\(\epsilon_\infty\)).

  • coeffs (Attribute: coeffs) –

    Type

    Tuple[Tuple[float, pydantic.v1.types.PositiveFloat], …]

    Default

    Units

    (Hz, Hz)

    Description

    List of (\(f_i, \delta_i\)) values for model.

Notes

The frequency-dependence of the complex-valued permittivity is described by:

\[\epsilon(f) = \epsilon_\infty - \sum_i \frac{ f_i^2}{f^2 + jf\delta_i}\]

Example

>>> drude_medium = Drude(eps_inf=2.0, coeffs=[(1,2), (3,4)])
>>> eps = drude_medium.eps_model(200e12)

See also

CustomDrude:

A spatially varying dispersive medium described by the Drude model.

Notebooks
Lectures

Attributes

Methods

eps_model(frequency)

Complex-valued permittivity as a function of frequency.

eps_inf#
coeffs#
eps_model(frequency)[source]#

Complex-valued permittivity as a function of frequency.

__hash__()#

Hash method.