Index

Symbols

1. Initialization: Defining the problem and initializing the solver, [1] 1. source_region: Location of excitation sources, [1] 2. Interactive exploration: Single-point calculations and visualization, [1]

2. objective_regions: Declaring sites at which we want frequency-domain fields and associated physical quantities, [1] 3. Automation: Machine-driven iterative design optimization, [1] 3. design_region: Informing `meep_adjoint` where it is allowed to vary the permittivity, [1] 4. extra_regions: Additional subregions not covered by the above

D

DFTCell (class in meep_adjoint), [1]

F

for use in computing power fluxes, mode-expansion coefficients, and other frequency-domain, [1]

G

get_adjoint_option() (in module meep_adjoint) get_adjoint_sources() (TimeStepper method), [1] get_dfdq() (ObjectiveFunction method), [1] get_EH_slice() (DFTCell method), [1]

get_EH_slices() (DFTCell method), [1] get_eigenmode_slices() (DFTCell method), [1] get_fdf_funcs() (OptimizationProblem method) get_visualization_option() (in module meep_adjoint) get_visualization_options() (in module meep_adjoint)

M

meep_adjoint (module), [1]

O

objective functions, we refer to them as objective regions., [1]

ObjectiveFunction (class in meep_adjoint), [1] OptimizationProblem (class in meep_adjoint)

P

prepare() (TimeStepper method), [1]

Q

quantities used in characterizing device performance. Because these regions are used to evaluate, [1]

R

register() (DFTCell method), [1]

router.py (module) run() (TimeStepper method), [1]

S

save_fields() (DFTCell method), [1] set_adjoint_option_defaults() (in module meep_adjoint) set_option_defaults() (in module meep_adjoint)

set_visualization_option_defaults() (in module meep_adjoint) Subregion (class in meep_adjoint), [1] subtract_incident_fields() (DFTCell method), [1]

T

TimeStepper (class in meep_adjoint), [1]

U

update_design() (OptimizationProblem method)

V

visualize() (OptimizationProblem method)