[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I define a source, say a continuous electric current density source, > with a two dimensional model, say with x-y plane coordinates, is the > extension of the source in z-direction infinite? > > Thanks, Ernst > > > _______________________________________________ > meep-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss > > > Hi, I am not sure that I understand your idea correctly. One 2d model just assumes that the z-direction is infinite and, thus, the complicated 3d EM fields can be decoupled into TE and TM modes. If you means that the 2d sources are placed in one 3D model, my answer is that those 2d sources only locate in the plane z=0. Yours Zheng 2008-11-8
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