Angora: A Free Software Package for Finite-Difference Time-Domain Electromagnetic Simulation

Author

Capoglu, Ilker R. ; Taflove, Allen ; Backman, Vadim

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

55

Issue

4

fYear

2013

fDate

Aug. 2013

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

93

Abstract

Angora is a free, open-source software package implementing the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Method. This article explains how to access and use Angora, and introduces its features. Examples of its configuration and use are given. These include treatment of planar stratified and random materials, the creation of current sources and incident beams, near-field-to-far-field transformation, optical imaging and nano-optics, and the recording of fields.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; finite difference time-domain analysis; nanophotonics; parallel algorithms; public domain software; software packages; Angora; FDTD method; field recording; finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic simulation; free open-source software package; incident beams; nanooptics; near-field-to-far-field transformation; optical imaging; random materials; Finite difference methods; Manuals; Materials; Open source software; Time-domain analysis; Web sites; FDTD; Open source software; finite difference methods; optical imaging; parallel algorithms; time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2013.6645144

Filename

6645144