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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation Photonics Simulate material with X^2 off diagonal elements different from zero? Reply To: Simulate material with X^2 off diagonal elements different from zero?

Guilin Sun
Ansys Employee

non-diagonal tensor must be diagnolized and use both the diagonal elements and the transfer matrix as input. please refer to this article and example  https://optics.ansys.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034394694-Creating-anisotropic-optical-materials-in-FDTD-and-MODE