FDTD Solutions
FDTD Solutions is an integrated computer-aided design environment which facilitates study and development of complex, dielectric structures and their interaction with electromagnetic fields. Employing the industry-proven finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) algorithm, FDTD Solutions empowers device and components designers to confront intense and unconventional design problems through the analysis of arbitrarily complicated physical structures and their electromagnetic behaviour. FDTD Solutions is applicable to a wide variety of technologies including photonic and wireless telecommunication components, those relying upon surface reflection and scattering, and within the emerging biotech fields of biophotonics and integrated optical detection.
Supported Technologies
Linux,
Windows 95/98/ME,
Windows XP/2000/NT
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Additional Product Information
Lumerical's FDTD Solutions is an integrated computer-aided design environment which facilitates study and development of complex, dielectric structures and their interaction with electromagnetic fields. The simulation suite, which allows end users to quickly prototype structures in two dimensions or perform highly-accurate calculations in three-dimensions, is powered with the FDTD algorithm. FDTD is the preferred technique for investigating structures in which the electromagnetic radiation interacts with the structure through strong scattering, diffractive, or resonant behavior.
Lumerical's integrated FDTD simulation environment allows the user to design the structure of interest with simple mouse movements and graphical user interface windows. The similarities between the two- and three-dimensional layout editors has been maximized to facilitate ease of use, maximizing user familiarity between the two simulation environments.
A dedicated simulation progression interface maintains up-to-date information about the simulation status, including a progress bar, and fields showing the both the real time and the simulation time remaining.
All of the necessary FDTD simulation parameters and objects - including the physical structure, the incident radiation, and the physical monitors which measure the response of the structure - are placed on the same layout window, thereby facilitating relative alignment of structures while maintaining ease-of-use. Integrated data analysis routines of FDTD simulation data allow quick prototyping of device designs and data visualization is facilitated through movies of field evolution. A material database manager allows for user-customizable material management, where materials can be exported to other simulation projects.
Dedicated data export facilities allow the user to export simulation data for more sophisticated analysis or formal presentation in design reports, presentations, and scientific publications. Currently, the simulation suite supports export of data to Matlab-compatible or ASCII files.