Re: [Meep-discuss] Unstability of a long non-dispersive simulation (solved)

2012-04-13 Thread Filip Dominec
Hello, I found a way to make my simulation stable for any (?) given simulation time. The Z-size of the simulation volume must be extended so that the PMLs are far from the simulated resonator. (It does not depend on the PML thickness if it is reasonable.) Separation of approximately one vacuum

Re: [Meep-discuss] Unstability of a long non-dispersive simulation

2012-04-12 Thread Abdullah Al Rashid
Hi, I am not sure exactly what is wrong here. However, if I were to venture a guess, I would think it has something to do with the size of your PMLs. I would try something like (1.5*lambda) or larger and see if the results are reproduced. Good luck! On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Filip

Re: [Meep-discuss] Unstability of a long non-dispersive simulation

2012-04-12 Thread Georg Wachter
Hello, When you have almost no fields and propagate for a very long time I would not think that it is surprising that numerical errors accumulate. (What you're seeing is the interaction between periodic images of your sphere, amplified by numerical errors.) Why would you want to simulate for