On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:16:03 +0100, Stefan Kapser <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Meep users, > I have got the Polarizabilities in Meep units for a=1µm and would now > like to use these in a simulation with a=1nm. > Since the unit of the polarizability is A^2 s^4 / kg I want to convert > the meep units back to SI and then to the new Meep units. > The unit of time is set by the unit of distance, so a=1µm defines my > unit of time as 10^-6m/(3*10^8 m/s) for one Meep unit. > How do I handle the A and kg? What are the units for current and mass in
> Meep? > Thanks a lot for your help! > Regards, > Stefan Before trying to answer your question - do you refer to the quantities that you input in Meep using the "make polarizability" expression? Because that "polarizability" is actually the relative dielectric constant, which is a pure number. Giovanni ---------------------------------------- Message sent by Cup Webmail (Roundcube) _______________________________________________ meep-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss
