{"id":320025,"date":"2023-11-29T12:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/questions-regarding-an-example\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:24:38","slug":"questions-regarding-an-example","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/questions-regarding-an-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions regarding an example"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have some questions regarding the &#8220;planar silicon solar cell&#8221; example of Lumerical. First, why is the reflection monitor placed in front of the source and not behind it although the source is planar with no injection angle (https:\/\/optics.ansys.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360034915753-Tips-for-accurately-measuring-reflection-in-an-FDTD-simulation) ?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second question is, why, in the script, it is written R=1+trnsmission(&#8220;R&#8221;) to calculate the reflection and not R=transmission(&#8220;R&#8221;)?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-320025","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["249205","50911"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.218.215"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["174"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["320025"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27833"],"_bbp_engagement":["50911","249205"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["320276"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["320276"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-11-30 13:51:47"]},"test":"dbenhamadouaus-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/320025","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\/320025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}