• Getting Started
  • Tidy3D GUI
    • Studies
      • FDTD
        • Configuration
        • Monitors
          • DiffractionMonitor
          • FieldDecay
          • FieldMonitor
          • FieldProjectionAngleMonitor
          • FieldProjectionCartesianMonitor
          • FieldProjectionKSpaceMonitor
          • FieldTimeMonitor
          • FluxMonitor
          • FluxTimeMonitor
          • MediumMonitor
          • ModeMonitor
          • ModeSolverMonitor
          • PermittivityMonitor
        • Sources
        • Structures
        • Script Objects
        • Material Nonlinearity
        • Space-Time Modulation
      • Design Space Exploration
      • Inverse Design
      • Mode Solver
      • Heat
      • Result
    • Parameter
  • PhotonForge GUI
  • Material Utility

# Monitors

Specifications for the simulation monitors.

name: User defined monitor name.

type: Monitor type.

Options:

  • DiffractionMonitor
  • FieldMonitor
  • FieldProjectionAngleMonitor
  • FieldProjectionCartesianMonitor
  • FieldProjectionKSpaceMonitor
  • FieldTimeMonitor
  • FluxMonitor
  • FluxTimeMonitor
  • MediumMonitor
  • ModeMonitor
  • ModeSolverMonitor
  • PermittivityMonitor
  • FieldDecay

# Related Content:

  • Monitors Tutorial (opens new window)
  • Performing visualization of simulation data (opens new window)
  • Advanced monitor data manipulation and visualization (opens new window)
  • Performing near field to far field projections (opens new window)