Python bindings for the open source electromagnetic simulator meep

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 53-63

  Lambert, Emmanuel ^a   Fiers, Martin ^a   Nizamov, Shavkat ^b   Tassaert, Martijn ^a   Johnson, Steven G ^c   Bienstman, Peter ^a   Bogaerts, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SAMARKAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (Uzbekistan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C++ interfacing; computational science; Finite difference methods (FDTD); Meep FDTD simulator; object oriented languages; Python; scientific computing; software engineering; SWIG

Indexed keywords

C++ INTERFACING; COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE; FDTD SIMULATOR; FINITE DIFFERENCE; OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGES; PYTHON; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING; SWIG;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; SIMULATORS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 79955563327     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2010.98     Document Type: Article

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