{"id":188365,"date":"2021-08-09T22:27:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/188365\/"},"modified":"2022-07-28T07:21:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T07:21:31","slug":"188365","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/188365\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Mode source\/Plane wave source and PML or Metal boundaries."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sources can only work with proper boundary conditions in order to fulfill physics.\u3000Mode source has limited size so it uses PML or sometimes PEC; Plane wave is infinite so periodic-type BC or symmetry-type ( PEC\/PMC in some cases) BC in both sides is used. Please refer :Ansys Insight: FDTD Solutions \u7684\u5149\u6e90\u7c7b\u578b\u53ca\u5176\u5178\u578b\u5e94\u7528\uff1a\u521d\u5b66\u8005<\/p>\n<p>Please note that for mode (and Gaussian) source, its geometry size can be as large as the simulation spans. This is because the mode property controls the physical size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-188365","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/188365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/188365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}