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September 15, 2022 at 5:46 pm
Guilin Sun
Ansys Employee

PEC has 100% reflection so there is no any need to set its refractive index. Internally it uses 707(1+i) as its refractive index.

 

PEC can be 2D, 3D as bulk material, and 2D sheet without thickness.