tidy3d.ModeSpec#

class tidy3d.ModeSpec#

Stores specifications for the mode solver to find an electromagntic mode. Note, the planar axes are found by popping the injection axis from {x,y,z}. For example, if injection axis is y, the planar axes are ordered {x,z}.

Parameters

num_modes (PositiveInt = 1) – Number of modes returned by mode solver.
target_neff (Optional[PositiveFloat] = None) – Guess for effective index of the mode.
num_pml (Tuple[NonNegativeInt, NonNegativeInt] = (0, 0)) – Number of standard pml layers to add in the two tangential axes.
sort_by (Literal['largest_neff', 'te_fraction', 'tm_fraction'] = largest_neff) – The solver will always compute the num_modes modes closest to the target_neff, but they can be reordered by the largest te_fraction, defined as the integral of the intensity of the E-field component parallel to the first plane axis normalized to the total in-plane E-field intensity. Similarly, tm_fraction uses the E field component parallel to the second plane axis.
angle_theta (float = 0.0) – [units = rad]. Polar angle of the propagation axis from the injection axis.
angle_phi (float = 0.0) – [units = rad]. Azimuth angle of the propagation axis in the plane orthogonal to the injection axis.
bend_radius (Optional[float] = None) – [units = um]. A curvature radius for simulation of waveguide bends. Can be negative, in which case the mode plane center has a smaller value than the curvature center along the tangential axis perpendicular to the bend axis.
bend_axis (Optional[Literal[0, 1]] = None) – Index into the two tangential axes defining the normal to the plane in which the bend lies. This must be provided if bend_radius is not None. For example, for a ring in the global xy-plane, and a mode plane in either the xz or the yz plane, the bend_axis is always 1 (the global z axis).

Example

>>> mode_spec = ModeSpec(num_modes=3, target_neff=1.5)

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   "description": "Stores specifications for the mode solver to find an electromagntic mode.\nNote, the planar axes are found by popping the injection axis from {x,y,z}.\nFor example, if injection axis is y, the planar axes are ordered {x,z}.\n\nParameters\n----------\nnum_modes : PositiveInt = 1\n    Number of modes returned by mode solver.\ntarget_neff : Optional[PositiveFloat] = None\n    Guess for effective index of the mode.\nnum_pml : Tuple[NonNegativeInt, NonNegativeInt] = (0, 0)\n    Number of standard pml layers to add in the two tangential axes.\nsort_by : Literal['largest_neff', 'te_fraction', 'tm_fraction'] = largest_neff\n    The solver will always compute the ``num_modes`` modes closest to the ``target_neff``, but they can be reordered by the largest ``te_fraction``, defined as the integral of the intensity of the E-field component parallel to the first plane axis normalized to the total in-plane E-field intensity. Similarly, ``tm_fraction`` uses the E field component parallel to the second plane axis.\nangle_theta : float = 0.0\n    [units = rad].  Polar angle of the propagation axis from the injection axis.\nangle_phi : float = 0.0\n    [units = rad].  Azimuth angle of the propagation axis in the plane orthogonal to the injection axis.\nbend_radius : Optional[float] = None\n    [units = um].  A curvature radius for simulation of waveguide bends. Can be negative, in which case the mode plane center has a smaller value than the curvature center along the tangential axis perpendicular to the bend axis.\nbend_axis : Optional[Literal[0, 1]] = None\n    Index into the two tangential axes defining the normal to the plane in which the bend lies. This must be provided if ``bend_radius`` is not ``None``. For example, for a ring in the global xy-plane, and a mode plane in either the xz or the yz plane, the ``bend_axis`` is always 1 (the global z axis).\n\nExample\n-------\n>>> mode_spec = ModeSpec(num_modes=3, target_neff=1.5)",
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         "description": "Polar angle of the propagation axis from the injection axis.",
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Fields

angle_phi (float)
angle_theta (float)
bend_axis (Literal[0, 1])
bend_radius (float)
num_modes (pydantic.types.PositiveInt)
num_pml (Tuple[pydantic.types.NonNegativeInt, pydantic.types.NonNegativeInt])
sort_by (Literal['largest_neff', 'te_fraction', 'tm_fraction'])
target_neff (pydantic.types.PositiveFloat)

attribute angle_phi: float = 0.0#: Azimuth angle of the propagation axis in the plane orthogonal to the injection axis.

attribute angle_theta: float = 0.0#

Polar angle of the propagation axis from the injection axis.

Validated by

glancing_incidence

attribute bend_axis: Literal[0, 1] = None#

Index into the two tangential axes defining the normal to the plane in which the bend lies. This must be provided if bend_radius is not None. For example, for a ring in the global xy-plane, and a mode plane in either the xz or the yz plane, the bend_axis is always 1 (the global z axis).

Validated by

bend_axis_given

attribute bend_radius: float = None#: A curvature radius for simulation of waveguide bends. Can be negative, in which case the mode plane center has a smaller value than the curvature center along the tangential axis perpendicular to the bend axis.

attribute num_modes: pydantic.types.PositiveInt = 1#

Number of modes returned by mode solver.

Constraints

exclusiveMinimum = 0

attribute num_pml: Tuple[pydantic.types.NonNegativeInt, pydantic.types.NonNegativeInt] = (0, 0)#: Number of standard pml layers to add in the two tangential axes.

attribute sort_by: Literal['largest_neff', 'te_fraction', 'tm_fraction'] = 'largest_neff'#: The solver will always compute the num_modes modes closest to the target_neff, but they can be reordered by the largest te_fraction, defined as the integral of the intensity of the E-field component parallel to the first plane axis normalized to the total in-plane E-field intensity. Similarly, tm_fraction uses the E field component parallel to the second plane axis.

attribute target_neff: pydantic.types.PositiveFloat = None#

Guess for effective index of the mode.

Constraints

exclusiveMinimum = 0

Tidy3D Electromagnetic Solver

tidy3d.ModeSpec

tidy3d.ModeSpec#