MEEP is an open-source FDTD electromagnetic simulator. This notebook demonstrates using the gsim.meep API to run an S-parameter simulation on a photonic Y-branch.
Requirements:
- UBC PDK:
uv pip install ubcpdk - GDSFactory+ account for cloud simulation
Load a pcell from UBC PDK¶

Configure and run simulation¶
from gsim import meep
from gsim.common.stack import get_stack
stack = get_stack() # auto-detects active PDK
sim = meep.Simulation()
sim.geometry(component=c, stack=stack, z_crop="auto")
sim.materials = {"si": 3.47, "SiO2": 1.44}
sim.source(port="o1", wavelength=1.55, wavelength_span=0.01)
sim.monitors = ["o1", "o2", "o3"]
sim.domain(pml=1.0, margin=0.5)
sim.solver(resolution=20, simplify_tol=0.01, save_animation=True, verbose_interval=5.0)
sim.solver.stop_when_energy_decayed()
print(sim.validate_config())

Run simulation on cloud¶
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