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IFDDA
Idiot Friendly-Discrete Dipole ApproximationRigorous three-dimensional electromagnetic diffraction calculation code |
version 0.9.18 : IF-DDA : object in free space
version 0.8.4 : IF-DDAM : object in a multilayer
Introduction
IF-DDA is a numerical tool for solving the electromagnetic scattering
problem in three dimensions. IF-DDA is based on the DDA (discrete
dipole approximation) which is a volume-integral equation method. The
DDA (also referred to as the coupled dipole method) was originally
proposed by by Purcell and Pennypacker where the object under study is
discretized into a set of small subunits and the field at each subunit
position is computed through a self consistent equation. Then the
diffracted field can be computed easily.
This method can be used to arbitrarily shaped, inhomogeneous,
anisotropic particles. The radiation condition is automatically
satisfied, because the Green's function satisfies the radiation
condition. The computation is confined to the volume of the scatterer,
hence this method does not need any PML (perfect matching layer).
IF-DDA has a very friendly guide user interface where many particles
(cuboid, sphere, ellipsoid, many spheres,...), beams (plane wave,
Gaussian wave, multiple plane waves,...) are accessible with a
drop-down menu. The studies are selected with the mouse:
For details on the DDA, please refer to:
P. C. Chaumet, The Discrete Dipole Approximation : a review, Mathematics 10 , 3049 (2022).
For details of the IFDDA code, please refer to:
P. C. Chaumet, D. Sentenac, G. Maire, M. Rasedujjaman, T. Zhang and A. Sentenac, IFDDA, an easy-to-use code for simulating the field scattered by 3D inhomogeneous objects in a stratified medium: tutorial, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 38 , 1841 (2021).
Then we can use matlab or the graphical interface of the code to see the results. With the graphical interface, see below on right, we chose the results to see and the cut and then a figure appears (as below left).
To get more images you can use this
link.
D. Sentenac, Università di Pisa (Italy).
You are free to:
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- - Cross section (Extinction, scattering, absorption)
- - Poynting vector
- - Microscopy (holographic, bright field, dark field,...)
- - Optical force
- - Optical torque
- - Near field
For details on the DDA, please refer to:
P. C. Chaumet, The Discrete Dipole Approximation : a review, Mathematics 10 , 3049 (2022).
For details of the IFDDA code, please refer to:
P. C. Chaumet, D. Sentenac, G. Maire, M. Rasedujjaman, T. Zhang and A. Sentenac, IFDDA, an easy-to-use code for simulating the field scattered by 3D inhomogeneous objects in a stratified medium: tutorial, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 38 , 1841 (2021).
Examples of the GUI
The figure (left) below shows, how the beam and the object are chosen. First of all the power and the waist (or diameter for the laser beam) are fixed and then with the drop-down menu you choose the beam (linear or circular plane wave, Gaussian wave, antenna, many planes waves or arbitrary beam). Then you chose the object with the drop-down menu (sphere, cuboid, cylinder, ellipsoid, inhomogeneous sphere, concentric spheres, multiple spheres or arbitrary object) and in clicking "Props" you fix the characteristics of the object (size) and with "epsilon" and "iso" you choose the values of the permittivity and if it is anisotrope. Discretization fixes the number of layer used to represent the object. The figure on the right permits to choose the study asked.![]() |
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Then we can use matlab or the graphical interface of the code to see the results. With the graphical interface, see below on right, we chose the results to see and the cut and then a figure appears (as below left).
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IF-DDA(M) has been developed by
P. C. Chaumet, A. Sentenac, Aix-Marseille University (France).D. Sentenac, Università di Pisa (Italy).
User Guide
The reader can find more details on the code with the user guide in English or in French.IF-DDA | IF-DDAM | |
User Guide in English | Userguide | Userguide |
User Guide in French | Userguide | Userguide |
How to download the code
IF-DDA | IF-DDAM | |
Download the tgz file | IF-DDA | IF-DDAM |
Download with github | IF-DDA | IF-DDAM |
How to install the code
You should uncompressed the file with tar -xvzf cdm-x.x.x.tgz for IF-DDA or tar -xvzf cdmsurf-x.x.x.tgz for IF-DDAM. A readme or install is given in the tar file. Please read it to install the code on linux system. Note that the code can be installed on windows system (it can be tricky to install FFTW on the windows system, see www.fftw.org/install/windows for details.Contact
email: patrick.chaumet@fresnel.frLicence
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