tidy3d.UniformHeatSource

class UniformHeatSource

Bases: HeatSource

Volumetric heat source.

Parameters:

• name (Attribute: name) –

  Type	Optional[str]
  Default	= None
  Description	Optional name for the source.

• structures (Attribute: structures) –

  Type	Tuple[str, …]
  Default
  Description	Names of structures where to apply heat source.

• rate (Attribute: rate) –

  Type	Union[float, TimeDataArray]
  Default
  Units	W/um^3
  Description	Volumetric rate of heating or cooling (if negative) in units of W/um^3.

Example

>>> heat_source = UniformHeatSource(rate=1, structures=["box"])

Attributes

Methods

rate

__hash__()

Hash method.