BlochVector

Type:Vector<complex>
Range:[v_1, …, v_3]
Default:-/-
Appearance:optional

Sets Bloch-vector \pvec{k}_{\mathrm{B}} which is needed to specify the Bloch-periodicity for periodic geometries. For the discussion of periodic boundary conditions see here in the section Electromagnetics. For a Source definition using Python, the Bloch-periodicity cannot be automatically detected by JCMsolve and has to be stated explicitly.

For two-dimensional, z-invariant problems the third component of the Bloch-vector, k_z, has the meaning of a wavenumber as detailed here in the parent section.