tidy3d.FieldProjectionSurface

class FieldProjectionSurface

Bases: Tidy3dBaseModel

Data structure to store surface monitors where near fields are recorded for field projections.

Parameters:

• monitor (Attribute: monitor) –

  Type	FieldMonitor
  Default
  Description	FieldMonitor on which near fields will be sampled and integrated.

• normal_dir (Attribute: normal_dir) –

  Type	Literal[‘+’, ‘-‘]
  Default
  Description	Direction of the surface monitor’s normal vector w.r.t. the positive x, y or z unit vectors. Must be one of ‘+’ or ‘-‘.

See also

Notebooks:

• Performing near field to far field projections

Attributes

axis	Returns the Axis normal to this surface.

Methods

is_plane(val)

Ensures that the monitor is a plane, i.e., its size attribute has exactly 1 zero

monitor

normal_dir

property axis

Returns the Axis normal to this surface.

classmethod is_plane(val)

Ensures that the monitor is a plane, i.e., its size attribute has exactly 1 zero

__hash__()

Hash method.