Sources

Specifications for the simulation sources.

name: User defined source name.

type: Source type.

Options:

• AstigmaticGaussianBeam
• CustomCurrentSource
• CustomFieldSource
• GaussianBeam
• ModeSource
• PlaneWave
• PointDipole
• TFSF
• UniformCurrentSource

GaussianPulse

Source time dependence that describes a Gaussian pulse.

See: GaussianPulse

Related Content:

• Sources Tutorial (opens new window)
• Defining mode sources and monitors (opens new window)
• Injecting modes in bent and angled waveguides (opens new window)
• Defining a total-field scattered-field (TFSF) plane wave source (opens new window)