legume.PlaneWaveExp

class legume.PlaneWaveExp(layer, gmax: float = 3.0, eps_eff: float = None)

Main simulation class of the plane-wave expansion.

__init__(layer, gmax: float = 3.0, eps_eff: float = None)

Initialize the plane-wave expansion.

Parameters:
  • layer (Layer) – Layer defining the 2D structure.
  • gmax (float, optional) – Maximum reciprocal lattice wave-vector length in units of 2pi/a.
  • eps_eff (float, optional) – Effective background epsilon; if None, take layer.eps_b.

Methods

__init__(layer, gmax, eps_eff) Initialize the plane-wave expansion.
ft_field_xy(field, kind, mind) Compute the ‘H’, ‘D’ or ‘E’ field Fourier components in the xy-plane.
get_eps_xy([Nx, Ny, z]) Get the xy-plane permittivity of the layer as computed from an inverse Fourier transform with the PWE reciprocal lattice vectors.
get_field_xy(field, kind, mind[, z, …]) Compute the ‘H’, ‘D’ or ‘E’ field components in the xy-plane at position z.
run([kpoints, pol, numeig]) Run the simulation.

Attributes

eigvecs Eigenvectors of the eigenmodes computed by the plane-wave expansion.
freqs Frequencies of the eigenmodes computed by the plane-wave expansion.
gvec Numpy array of shape (2, Ng) with the [gx, gy] coordinates of the reciprocal lattice vectors over which the simulation is run.
kpoints Numpy array of shape (2, Nk) with the [kx, ky] coordinates of the k-vectors over which the simulation is run.