flex_rf.tidy3d.PECMedium

Type: class │ Base(s): AbstractMedium

Description

Perfect electrical conductor class.

Notes

To avoid confusion from duplicate PECs, must import tidy3d.PEC instance directly.

Parameters

name [str | None] = None

Optional unique name for medium.

frequency_range [FreqBound | None] = None

Optional range of validity for the medium.

allow_gain [bool] = False

Allow the medium to be active. Caution: simulations with a gain medium are unstable, and are likely to diverge.Simulations where allow_gain is set to 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 [NonlinearSpec | NonlinearSusceptibility | None] = None

Nonlinear spec applied on top of the base medium properties.

modulation_spec [ModulationSpec | None] = None

Modulation spec applied on top of the base medium properties.

viz_spec [VisualizationSpec | None] = None

Plotting specification for visualizing medium.

heat_spec [ThermalSpecType | None] = None

DEPRECATED: Use MultiPhysicsMedium. Specification of the medium heat properties. They are used for solving the heat equation via the HeatSimulation interface. Such simulations can beused 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.

Methods

eps_model(frequency: float)

is_pec()

Whether the medium is a PEC.

n_cfl()

This property computes the index of refraction related to CFL condition, so that the FDTD with this medium is stable when the time step size that doesn’t take material factor into account is multiplied by n_cfl.

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