hi, only the hdf5 outputs (fields, material properties) are averaged. In the calculation, it should be the value you set.
Sincerely 2013/8/30 yangmc <mengchy...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > I am running a 3D simulation and I use an anisotropic material whose epsilon > is (10 0.1 0.1) in x, y, z axis. > when I output the epsilon at beginning, I plot the structure with matlab, I > saw the epsilon is only with one value(0.1493). > > So, how does meep calculate this value? > > The second question is > I put two material in my simulation in 3D > The epsilon of first material is 1, the second is 2. > I put the first one on the second one. > > Output-epsilon is like that (epsilon) > 2 2 2 2 ... > 2 1.8462 1.5 1.5 > 2 1.5 1 1 > 2 1.5 1 1 > . > . > . > > like that. > > the average between 1 and 2 is 1.5. > But I don't know why 1.8462 here. > > Sincerely, > _______________________________________________ > meep-discuss mailing list > meep-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu > http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss _______________________________________________ meep-discuss mailing list meep-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss
