{"id":287947,"date":"2023-06-09T13:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T13:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/differences-between-simulations-results-in-varfdtd-and-fdtd\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T13:40:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T13:40:38","slug":"differences-between-simulations-results-in-varfdtd-and-fdtd","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/differences-between-simulations-results-in-varfdtd-and-fdtd\/","title":{"rendered":"Differences between simulations results in varFDTD and FDTD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I tried to make simulations of a structure with slotted discs (picture attached).<br \/>Because the structure is planned to be 100 microns long, I thought to simulate it in varFDTD.<br \/>In order to test the reliability of varFDTD, I made comparisons in a simple simulation between varFDTD and FDTD and I got completely different transmission results.<\/p>\n<p>structure (top view):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/09-06-2023-1686317178-mceclip2.png\"><\/p>\n<p>FDTD transmission:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/09-06-2023-1686315850-mceclip0.png\"><\/p>\n<p>varFDTD transmission:<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/09-06-2023-1686317700-mceclip3.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Has anyone encountered anything similar? Why are there such large differences between the identical simulations?<br \/>Is there anything I need to configure differently? Could it be that the structure is not compatible with varFDTD?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>Zehava<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-287947","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-compareresults-1","topic-tag-fdtd","topic-tag-varFDTD-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I tried to make simulations of a structure with slotted discs (picture attached).Because the structure is planned to be 100 microns long, I thought to simulate it in varFDTD.In order to test the reliability of varFDTD, I made comparisons in a simple simulation between varFDTD and FDTD and I got completely different transmission results.structure (top\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/differences-between-simulations-results-in-varfdtd-and-fdtd\/\" \/>\n\t<meta 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