{"id":315395,"date":"2023-11-08T10:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/run-charge-when-optical-generation-rate-is-imported\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T19:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:36:34","slug":"run-charge-when-optical-generation-rate-is-imported","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/run-charge-when-optical-generation-rate-is-imported\/","title":{"rendered":"Run CHARGE when optical generation rate is imported"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying to run the CHARGE when optical generation rate is imported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First, I ran several silicon solar cell examples (planar and pillar) linked below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/optics.ansys.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360042165534-Planar-silicon-solar-cell\">Planar silicon solar cell &ndash; Ansys Optics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/optics.ansys.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360042646053-3D-pillar-silicon-solar-cell\">3D pillar silicon solar cell &ndash; Ansys Optics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/optics.ansys.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360042957893-Vertical-photodetector\">Vertical photodetector &ndash; Ansys Optics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there was no problem running FDTD and CHARGE of the examples whether it was imported the optical generation rate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, my CHARGE was continuously stopped during the initializing step when the optical generation rate was imported.<\/p>\n<p>(The program terminated due to an error: Initialization failed to converge charge update. For instructions on how to troubleshoot this issue, please refer to this: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.lumeri.ca\/9hqbd\">online reference)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The structure is 0.1&#215;0.1x1um Si substrate with 10 nm Al2O3 film (FDTD) and 1 um length Si substrate with anode and cathode (CHARGE).<\/p>\n<p>I used an analysis group of vertical photodetector example for exporting optical generation rate from my FDTD.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/08-11-2023-1699440879-11111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/08-11-2023-1699440879-11111.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/08-11-2023-1699440859-22222.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/08-11-2023-1699440859-22222.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What makes the initializing step difficult in my simulation when the optical generation is imported?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-315395","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-charge"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["27993","2592"],"_bbp_author_ip":["104.102.248.196"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["907"],"_edit_lock":["1699440931:229976"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["315395"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27833"],"_bbp_engagement":["2592","27993"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["349969"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["349969"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-02-08 19:44:35"]},"test":"handonseas-harvard-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/315395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/315395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}