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2014-06-12 Thread #SHAMPY MANSHA#
Dear Steven and other Meep users, I am doing a simulation in which I require to use a complex dielectric constant of the form(say for example): epsilon = 1 + 0.01i For my simulation the frequency isn't fixed, instead I have to use a gaussian source with some finite width. And in the whole

Re: [Meep-discuss] (no subject)

2014-06-12 Thread Filip Dominec
Dear Shampy, this topic has been discussed many times. Generally you can not force a complex value of permittivity in FDTD. You can however define a high-frequency oscillator that introduces losses. More on this topic is at http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Dielectric_materials_in_Meep or