Hi Waldemar, Is the length of the resonator also 1 after discretization? In other words, does the step size fit an integer times between the two plates? If not, MEEP will make it fit and therefore change the actual length of the resonator.
Robert On 25-May-11 10:34, Waldemar Unrau wrote: > Dear MEEP users, > > I'm trying to simulate the enhancement of the spontaneous emission > rate of a point dipole in a planar microcavity consisting of two > infinite-plane perfect conductors to check the consistency of the 3D > solver (see Hwang, Phys. Rev. B, vol 60, 1999, > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.science.electromagnetism.meep.general/3906/focus=3932) > <../../cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fthread.gmane.org%2Fgmane.comp.science.electromagnetism.meep.general%2F3906%2Ffocus%3D3932%29> > > The schematic diagram from the Phys.Rev.B paper shows two maxima at > 0.5 and 1.5 (mirror spacing/wavelength), in my simulation I get 0.458 > and 1.349 and slightly higher enhancement. > > Is it possible that perfect conductors in MEEP have a certain skin > depth because I don't see any other reason why I'm getting longer > wavelength. The resonator has 1a.u. length, thus the largest > wavelength should be 2 corresponding to mirror spacing/wavelength=0.5. > Also I have no explanation for higher enhancement. > > Here my simulation results > > Thank you in advance! > Waldemar > (I apologize for any mistakes in my English.) > > > > -- > NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren! > Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone > <../../cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gmx.net%2Fde%2Fgo%2Ffreephone> > > > > -- > NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren! > Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone > > > _______________________________________________ > meep-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss _______________________________________________ meep-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss
