# AnisotropicMedium
Diagonally anisotripic medium.
# Name
name: Optional unique name for medium.
# Thermal Properties
This section appears when the task group includes a Heat solver and is omitted from a standalone FDTD task.
# Medium Type
type: Selects the thermal model under Medium Type.
Type: string
Options:
- FluidSpec: The Heat solver does not solve for temperature in regions that use this medium.
- SolidSpec: The Heat solver uses the solid thermal model.
Default: SolidSpec for a new medium in a Heat simulation.
# Thermal Conductivity
conductivity: Thermal conductivity. This field is shown when Medium Type is SolidSpec.
Type: floating-point number
- Unit: W/(μm·K)
- Constraint: greater than 0
- Required field
NOTE
The editor has no inputs for heat capacity (capacity) or density (density). When you create a medium in a Heat simulation, the editor sets capacity to 1. To set other values, use the Python interface. See Thermal Properties for the API fields.
# Optical Properties
# Diagonal Components
xx: Medium describing the xx-component of the diagonal permittivity tensor.
yy: Medium describing the yy-component of the diagonal permittivity tensor.
zz: Medium describing the zz-component of the diagonal permittivity tensor.
Options:
# Advanced
frequency_range: Optional lower and upper frequency bounds for the medium.
Type: pair of floating-point numbers
- Unit: Hz for both values
- Constraint: each value greater than 0
- Default: None
# Appearance
Appearance settings control the medium’s face color and transparency in the model view. They do not change the optical properties.