iv • Contents FullWAVE 6.0 User Guide
4.A. Spatial Domain, Grid, and FDTD Options.......................................................................27
4.A.1. Domain & Grids .............................................................................................27
4.A.2. FDTD Options................................................................................................28
4.B. Default Boundary Conditions...........................................................................................28
4.C. Time Domain & Grid.......................................................................................................29
4.D. Choosing an Excitation ....................................................................................................30
4.E. Saving Data From a Simulation .......................................................................................30
4.E.1. Time Monitor Options ....................................................................................31
4.E.2. Additional Output Options..............................................................................32
4.F. Displaying Data During a Simulation............................................................................... 33
Chapter 5: Excitation Types 37
5.A. Basic Excitation Definition.............................................................................................. 37
Field Sources ............................................................................................................. 37
Current Sources .........................................................................................................37
5.B. The Launch Parameters Dialog........................................................................................ 38
5.C. Spatial Excitation .............................................................................................................38
5.C.1. Choosing a Source Type ................................................................................. 39
5.C.2. Defining the Field Profile Type ...................................................................... 39
5.C.3. Using Optional Field Profile Data ..................................................................42
5.C.4. Launching at an Angle....................................................................................44
5.D. Temporal Excitation Types..............................................................................................45
5.D.1. Supported Excitation Types............................................................................ 45
5.D.2. Setting Optional Temporal Options................................................................47
5.E. Polarization Manipulation ................................................................................................48
5.E.1. Default Behavior............................................................................................. 48
5.E.2. Overriding the Defaults...................................................................................48
5.F. Launching Multiple Fields................................................................................................ 51
5.G. Special Source Properties ................................................................................................ 51
5.H. Launching a Plane Wave .................................................................................................51
5.H.1. Using Periodic Boundary Conditions ............................................................. 52
5.H.2. Using PML Boundary Conditions ..................................................................52
5.H.3 Other Options ..................................................................................................52
Chapter 6: Monitoring and Analysis of Simulation Results 55
6.A. Types of Output ...............................................................................................................55
Temporal Output .......................................................................................................55
Spatial Output............................................................................................................55
Frequency Output ...................................................................................................... 56
6.B. Creating Time Monitors...................................................................................................56
6.B.1. Geometric Properties ......................................................................................56
6.B.2. Temporal Output Types .................................................................................. 60
6.B.3. Spatial Output Types ...................................................................................... 63
6.B.4. Frequency Output ........................................................................................... 65
6.B.5. Storage Parameters .........................................................................................65
6.B.6. Additional Settings .........................................................................................65
6.C. Frequency Analysis..........................................................................................................65
6.C.1. FFT Output .....................................................................................................66
6.C.2. DFT Output..................................................................................................... 67
6.C.3. Fourier Sampling Concerns ...........................................................................69
6.D. Enabling Monitor Output................................................................................................. 70
6.E. Typical Monitor Configurations.......................................................................................70
Specific Field Component ......................................................................................... 71
Measuring Backward Reflections.............................................................................. 71
