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Ansys Insight: CW normalization and source amplitude

    • March 7, 2021 at 1:10 am
      Kyle
      Ansys Employee

      Note: This post was copied over from the Lumerical Knowledge Exchange

      In order to interpret the results from power monitors correctly it is important to understand (1) the normalization used and (2) the effect of the source amplitude.

      There are two normalization states: “CW normalization” and “No normalization”. You can select this in the “Setting” menu as shown below:

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