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a free and open electromagnetic field solver

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About openEMS

 * openEMS is a free and open-source electromagnetic field solver using the FDTD method
 * fully 3D Cartesian and cylindrical coordinates graded mesh
 * Matlab (or Octave) is used as an easy and flexible scripting interface
 * Multi-threading, SIMD (SSE) and MPI support for high speed FDTD

For a more extensive list of features have a look at the openEMS features

Download & Installation

 * Windows & Linux: Use the installation guide to download & install openEMS.

Documentation

 * Have a look at the Matlab/Octave Tutorials
 * The online manual gives an overview of the functions available to openEMS.
 * Have a look at the Frequently Asked Questions

openEMS:
 * openEMS in the International Journal of Numerical Modelling doi or pdf
 * List of publications using openEMS: Publications

EC-FDTD:
 * JCTN_2008_Rennings_B.pdf
 * Springer_Chap_2008_Rennings.pdf
 * 7-CoFT-V_EC-FDTD_more-insight.pdf (german)

License & Reference

 * openEMS is licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or later
 * CSXCAD is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3 or later


 * We kindly ask you to reference openEMS in any publication that you were using openEMS for.
 * Have a look at the list of publications referencing openEMS: List of publications.

Contact & Forum
For questions, problems, bug-reports, support, ideas etc. regarding openEMS have a look at the openEMS-Forum, write an [mailto:thorsten.liebig@uni-due.de email] or contact me on Google+.

For general questions regarding numerical simulations, electromagnetic problems etc. you may have a look at the Laboratory for General and Theoretical Electrical Engineering (ATE) website.