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What kind of boundary condition should be applied to the edge of PML region?

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Hi, I'm trying to calculate confinement loss of optical fibers. What kind of boundary condition should be applied to the edge of PML region (the red line in the figure attached)?


1 Reply Last Post Feb 12, 2016, 6:17 a.m. EST

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Posted: 9 years ago Feb 12, 2016, 6:17 a.m. EST
you may use scattering boundary conditions (SBC) on external most boundaries but for PML you can omit it as well...
you may use scattering boundary conditions (SBC) on external most boundaries but for PML you can omit it as well...

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