• Getting Started
  • Tidy3D GUI
    • Studies
      • FDTD
        • Configuration
          • Boundary
            • ABCBoundary
            • Absorber
            • BlochBoundary
            • InternalAbsorber
            • ModeABCBoundary
            • Periodic
            • PECBoundary
            • PMCBoundary
            • PML
            • StablePML
            • Absorbing Layer Parameters
          • Grid
        • Monitors
        • Sources
        • Structures
        • Script Objects
        • Material Nonlinearity
        • Space-Time Modulation
      • Design Space Exploration
      • Inverse Design
      • Mode Solver
      • Heat
      • Result
    • Parameter
  • PhotonForge GUI
  • Material Utility

# Configuration

Configuration of the FDTD simulation parameters:

  • Simulation Domain
  • Run Time
  • Grid Specification
  • Boundary and Symmetry
  • Shutoff Condition
  • Courant Factor
  • Subpixel Averaging
  • Normalization Index
  • Structure Priority Mode

# Related Content:

  • FDTD101 (opens new window)
  • FDTD Walkthrough Tutorial (opens new window)
  • Symmetry Tutorial (opens new window)
  • Run Time and Shutoff Tutorial (opens new window)
  • Tidy3D first walkthrough (opens new window)
  • Introduction on Tidy3D working principles (opens new window)
  • How to troubleshoot a diverged FDTD simulation (opens new window)