NanoComp/meep

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Meep is a free, open-source finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation package for solving Maxwell's equations in 1D, 2D, 3D, and cylindrical coordinates. It is scriptable via Python, Scheme, or C++ APIs and supports MPI-based distributed parallelism for large-scale electromagnetic simulations.

Use cases

• simulate light propagation through photonic crystal structures
• model electromagnetic wave scattering from nanostructures
• compute transmission and reflection spectra of waveguides
• design and optimize metasurfaces and antennas
• simulate resonant modes and quality factors of optical cavities
• model dispersive and nonlinear optical materials
• run parallel FDTD simulations on HPC clusters

When to choose

• you need accurate time-domain electromagnetic simulation with a permissive workflow and Python scripting
• you want to model complex materials including anisotropic, dispersive, nonlinear, or gyrotropic media
• you need MPI-parallel simulations across 1D/2D/3D geometries
• you are doing photonics, metamaterials, or nanooptics research on a budget

When to avoid

• you need frequency-domain-only solvers with simpler setup (consider FEniCS or commercial tools)
• you require circuit-level RF/EM simulation rather than full-wave FDTD
• you need a GUI-driven commercial-grade workflow with vendor support
• your problem is better served by finite-element methods for irregular geometries

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simulation graphics math developer-tools simulation windows python cpp cross-platform fdtd electromagnetics photonics nanophotonics wave-propagation scientific-computing mpi-parallel physics research linux macos

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