sikit: FDTD validation doc

sikit/CMakeLists.txt

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 )
 target_compile_options(sikit PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic)
 
+add_executable(sikit_validate_fdtd_vs_openems
+    tools/validate_fdtd_vs_openems.cpp
+)
+target_link_libraries(sikit_validate_fdtd_vs_openems PRIVATE sikit_si)
+target_compile_options(sikit_validate_fdtd_vs_openems
+    PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic)
+
+
 if(CIRCUITCORE_BUILD_TESTS)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()

sikit/FDTD_VALIDATION.md

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+# sikit FDTD3D validation
+
+Six checks. Five live in `sikit/tests/sikit_tests` under tags
+`[fdtd3d]`, `[fdtd-raster]`, `[fdtd-port]` (27 cases / 118
+assertions, all green). The sixth is a side-by-side cross-validation
+against openEMS, run by the `sikit_validate_fdtd_vs_openems` tool.
+
+## 1. CFL bound matches the closed-form
+
+`fdtd3d_test.cpp` -- pins `cfl_dt(g)` against
+
+    dt <= safety / (c * sqrt(1/dx^2 + 1/dy^2 + 1/dz^2))
+
+from Taflove & Hagness, *Computational Electrodynamics* ch. 4. Tag
+`[fdtd3d]`. Tolerance 1e-12.
+
+## 2. Causality: front cannot outrun c
+
+A step Ez source at the centre of a vacuum grid; the probe 10 cells
+away in +x stays **exactly** 0.0 until the wave-front can have reached
+it, then is nonzero thereafter. With safety 0.99 and isotropic dx, the
+front advances 0.99/sqrt(3) ≈ 0.57 cells per step, so 10 cells take at
+least 18 steps; we require `probe[n] == 0` for `n < 13`. Inside an
+epsr=4 block the same probe stays `<1%` of the vacuum amplitude at
+step 25 -- direct confirmation of c/sqrt(4) wave speed.
+
+## 3. Mur ABC absorbs the wave
+
+Same Gaussian-pulse-and-volume-integral setup run twice: PEC walls and
+Mur 1st-order. After 220 steps the Mur box's `sum(Ez^2)` is `<20%` of
+the PEC box's -- the absorber has shed most of the radiated energy
+through the walls. Tag `[fdtd3d][mur]`.
+
+## 4. Conductivity dissipates energy
+
+Pulse-excite a closed PEC box filled with sigma=5 S/m vs sigma=0;
+volumetric `sum(Ez^2)` after the source goes silent is `<60%` of the
+lossless run. Confirms the Yee-Hagness Ca/Cb loss formulation (Taflove
+eq. 3.32) actually damps, and that the vacuum collapse to (Ca=1,
+Cb=dt/eps0) is correct (defaults-vacuum test pins that exactly).
+
+## 5. Port + S-parameter pipeline
+
+`fdtd_port_test.cpp` -- two end-to-end checks:
+
+- **Well-matched vacuum:** two identical runs of a soft-source port
+  in a Mur-bounded vacuum produce reflected = total - incident = 0.
+  `extract_s11_from_histories` returns exactly `0.0+0.0i` at every
+  requested frequency. Pins the FFT + bin-interpolation arithmetic.
+- **PEC scatterer:** a 1-cell PEC slab in the dipole's broadside lobe
+  raises `|S11|` above the FFT round-off floor by orders of magnitude
+  (`> 1e-5` vs the round-off floor of a few times 1e-12 from
+  identical-run subtraction).
+
+## 6. Cross-validation vs openEMS
+
+`sikit/tools/cavity_openems.py` sets up a 50 x 30 x 20 mm rectangular
+PEC cavity in openEMS (CSXCAD + the v0.0.36 Python wheel), Gauss-pulse
+excites Ez at one interior cell, probes Ez at another asymmetric cell,
+and FFT-peak-picks the TE_101 mode. Result is committed as
+`sikit/tools/openems_te101_peak.txt` so the comparison is reproducible
+without re-running openEMS.
+
+`sikit/tools/validate_fdtd_vs_openems.cpp` runs the *same* geometry
+through sikit's FDTD3D pipeline and prints all three numbers:
+
+```
+FDTD3D cross-validation: PEC cavity TE_101
+  cavity (mm)      : 50.0 x 30.0 x 20.0, dx = 2.0
+  analytic peak    : 8.0722 GHz
+  sikit peak       : 7.7952 GHz   (err vs analytic: -3.43%)
+  openEMS peak     : 7.7964 GHz   (err vs analytic: -3.42%)
+  |sikit - openEMS|: 0.02%
+```
+
+The two codes agree to **0.02%** on the same Yee mesh. Both show the
+same ~3.4% mesh-dispersion error from the analytic mode -- expected
+behaviour for the Yee grid, which systematically lowers cavity-mode
+frequencies for a given mesh density (Taflove ch. 4).
+
+Run via `./build/sikit/sikit_validate_fdtd_vs_openems
+sikit/tools/openems_te101_peak.txt`. Exit 0 iff sikit and openEMS
+agree within 5%, AND both agree with the analytic mode within 5%.
+
+To regenerate the openEMS reference (only needed if the geometry
+changes):
+```
+/home/chad/opt/openEMS/venv/bin/python sikit/tools/cavity_openems.py
+cp /tmp/openems_te101_peak.txt sikit/tools/
+```
+
+## What's NOT in v1
+
+Three known follow-ups, called out in the module headers so they
+don't get rediscovered:
+
+- **CPML** for grazing-incidence absorption -- Mur 1st-order is fine
+  for axial port-fed runs but loses absorption at grazing angles. The
+  Roden & Gedney (2000) auxiliary-psi-field upgrade is a v2.
+- **TF/SF source** for clean broadband port excitation -- the current
+  soft source radiates from a point, which means the incident
+  reference run includes the dipole's near-field. Acceptable for the
+  v1 pipeline demo; not for accurate microstrip S21.
+- **High-Q microstrip extraction** -- the rasteriser is staircased to
+  the Yee grid, and the port is a single Yee cell rather than a true
+  reference-plane integration. Real S21 across a routed trace needs
+  both upgrades above.

sikit/tools/cavity_openems.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Cross-validation reference: PEC cavity TE_101 mode via openEMS.
+
+Geometry: 50 x 30 x 20 mm rectangular PEC box, dx = 2 mm.
+Analytic TE_101 frequency (Pozar):
+    f = c/2 * sqrt((1/a)^2 + (1/d)^2)
+with a=50mm, d=20mm  ->  ~8.07 GHz.
+
+Excite Ez at an off-centre point, probe Ez at another asymmetric
+point, FFT the probe time series, find the dominant peak in the
+TE_101 band.
+
+Run:
+  /home/chad/opt/openEMS/venv/bin/python cavity_openems.py
+Writes <out>/openems_te101_peak.txt with the peak frequency.
+"""
+import os, sys, tempfile
+import numpy as np
+
+from CSXCAD import ContinuousStructure
+from openEMS import openEMS
+from openEMS.physical_constants import C0
+
+a_mm, b_mm, d_mm = 50.0, 30.0, 20.0
+unit = 1e-3
+
+f_center = 8.0e9
+f_bw     = 4.0e9
+
+FDTD = openEMS(NrTS=8000, EndCriteria=1e-4)
+FDTD.SetGaussExcite(f_center, f_bw)
+FDTD.SetBoundaryCond(['PEC']*6)
+
+CSX = ContinuousStructure()
+FDTD.SetCSX(CSX)
+mesh = CSX.GetGrid()
+mesh.SetDeltaUnit(unit)
+mesh.AddLine('x', np.linspace(0, a_mm, 26))   # 25 cells
+mesh.AddLine('y', np.linspace(0, b_mm, 16))   # 15 cells
+mesh.AddLine('z', np.linspace(0, d_mm, 11))   # 10 cells
+
+# Ez excitation: small 3D box one cell on each side. exc_type=0 (soft E).
+dx = 2.0  # in mm (mesh delta unit is 1e-3 m)
+sx, sy, sz = 0.40*a_mm, 0.50*b_mm, 0.30*d_mm
+exc = CSX.AddExcitation('src_ez', exc_type=0, exc_val=[0, 0, 1])
+exc.AddBox([sx, sy, sz], [sx + dx, sy + dx, sz + dx])
+
+# Voltage-style probe (line integral of Ez over one cell in z).
+px, py, pz = 0.70*a_mm, 0.50*b_mm, 0.70*d_mm
+probe = CSX.AddProbe('ez_probe', p_type=0, weight=-1.0)
+probe.AddBox([px, py, pz], [px, py, pz + dx])
+
+Sim_Path = '/tmp/openems_cavity'
+os.makedirs(Sim_Path, exist_ok=True)
+FDTD.Run(Sim_Path, verbose=2, cleanup=True)
+
+# The probe writes 'ez_probe' as a text file in Sim_Path.
+fn = os.path.join(Sim_Path, 'ez_probe')
+data = np.loadtxt(fn, comments='%')
+t = data[:, 0]
+v = data[:, 1]
+dt = t[1] - t[0]
+print(f"probe samples: {len(t)}  dt = {dt:.3e} s")
+
+# FFT and find the peak in the (5e9, 12e9) band -- TE_101 expected ~8 GHz.
+N = 1
+while N < len(v):
+    N *= 2
+padded = np.zeros(N)
+padded[:len(v)] = v
+V = np.fft.rfft(padded)
+freqs = np.fft.rfftfreq(N, d=dt)
+
+mask = (freqs > 5e9) & (freqs < 12e9)
+peak_idx = np.argmax(np.abs(V[mask]))
+peak_freq = freqs[mask][peak_idx]
+peak_amp  = np.abs(V[mask][peak_idx])
+
+print(f"openEMS TE_101 peak: {peak_freq/1e9:.4f} GHz  (|V| = {peak_amp:.3e})")
+
+out_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                          'openems_te101_peak.txt')
+with open(out_path, 'w') as f:
+    f.write(f"# openEMS PEC cavity TE_101 peak\n")
+    f.write(f"# cavity (mm): {a_mm} x {b_mm} x {d_mm}\n")
+    f.write(f"# dx (mm)    : 2.0\n")
+    f.write(f"peak_freq_hz {peak_freq:.6e}\n")
+    f.write(f"peak_amp     {peak_amp:.6e}\n")
+print(f"wrote {out_path}")

sikit/tools/openems_te101_peak.txt

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+# openEMS PEC cavity TE_101 peak
+# cavity (mm): 50.0 x 30.0 x 20.0
+# dx (mm)    : 2.0
+peak_freq_hz 7.796443e+09
+peak_amp     9.841333e-02

sikit/tools/validate_fdtd_vs_openems.cpp

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+// Cross-validation: sikit FDTD3D vs openEMS, same PEC cavity geometry.
+//
+// Runs the same 50 x 30 x 20 mm rectangular PEC cavity that
+// `cavity_openems.py` runs, finds the dominant TE_101 mode in the
+// Ez probe FFT, and prints all three numbers side by side:
+//
+//   - analytic  : c/2 * sqrt((1/a)^2 + (1/d)^2)
+//   - openEMS   : peak frequency from the bundled reference
+//   - sikit     : peak frequency from this run
+//
+// Exits 0 iff sikit and openEMS agree within 5% AND both agree with
+// the analytic mode within 5%. Same wall-clock budget as a unit
+// test, so it can land in CI later if you want.
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <complex>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "si/Fdtd3d.h"
+#include "si/Fft.h"
+
+using namespace sikit::fdtd;
+
+namespace {
+
+double parse_openems_peak(const std::string& path) {
+    std::ifstream f(path);
+    if (!f) {
+        std::fprintf(stderr,
+            "cannot read openEMS reference: %s\n", path.c_str());
+        return -1.0;
+    }
+    std::string line;
+    while (std::getline(f, line)) {
+        if (line.empty() || line[0] == '#') continue;
+        std::istringstream iss(line);
+        std::string key; double v;
+        iss >> key >> v;
+        if (key == "peak_freq_hz") return v;
+    }
+    return -1.0;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+    // Same geometry as cavity_openems.py.
+    const double a_mm = 50.0, b_mm = 30.0, d_mm = 20.0;
+    const double dx   = 2e-3;
+    const int nx = 25, ny = 15, nz = 10;
+    GridSpec g{nx, ny, nz, dx, dx, dx};
+
+    FDTD3D s(g);
+    s.set_dt_from_cfl();
+    const double dt = s.dt();
+
+    // Same Gauss pulse centre + bandwidth as the openEMS run.
+    const double fc      = 8.0e9;
+    const double spread  = 1.0 / (2 * M_PI * 4.0e9);  // ~bw=4GHz
+    const int N_steps    = 16000;
+    const double t0      = 5 * spread;
+    FDTD3D::HardESource src;
+    src.i = static_cast<int>(0.40 * nx);
+    src.j = static_cast<int>(0.50 * ny);
+    src.k = static_cast<int>(0.30 * nz);
+    src.comp = FDTD3D::HardESource::Comp::Ez;
+    src.samples.resize(N_steps);
+    for (int n = 0; n < N_steps; ++n) {
+        const double t = n * dt;
+        const double x = (t - t0) / spread;
+        src.samples[n] = std::exp(-x * x) * std::sin(2 * M_PI * fc * (t - t0));
+    }
+    s.add_hard_e_source(src);
+
+    const int pi = static_cast<int>(0.70 * nx);
+    const int pj = static_cast<int>(0.50 * ny);
+    const int pk = static_cast<int>(0.70 * nz);
+    std::vector<double> probe(N_steps);
+    for (int n = 0; n < N_steps; ++n) {
+        s.step();
+        probe[n] = s.ez(pi, pj, pk);
+    }
+
+    // FFT and find the peak in the 5-12 GHz band.
+    const std::size_t N = sikit::dsp::next_power_of_2(probe.size());
+    std::vector<std::complex<double>> X(N, {0, 0});
+    for (std::size_t n = 0; n < probe.size(); ++n) X[n] = probe[n];
+    sikit::dsp::fft(X);
+    const double df = 1.0 / (N * dt);
+    double peak_f = 0.0, peak_v = 0.0;
+    for (std::size_t k = 0; k < N / 2; ++k) {
+        const double f = k * df;
+        if (f < 5e9 || f > 12e9) continue;
+        const double m = std::abs(X[k]);
+        if (m > peak_v) { peak_v = m; peak_f = f; }
+    }
+
+    const double c0 = 2.99792458e8;
+    const double f_analytic = 0.5 * c0 *
+        std::sqrt(1.0/(a_mm*1e-3 * a_mm*1e-3) +
+                   1.0/(d_mm*1e-3 * d_mm*1e-3));
+
+    // Optional: load the openEMS reference. Pass its path as argv[1];
+    // if omitted, just print the sikit + analytic numbers.
+    double f_openems = -1.0;
+    if (argc > 1) f_openems = parse_openems_peak(argv[1]);
+
+    std::printf("FDTD3D cross-validation: PEC cavity TE_101\n");
+    std::printf("  cavity (mm)      : %.1f x %.1f x %.1f, dx = %.1f\n",
+                  a_mm, b_mm, d_mm, dx * 1e3);
+    std::printf("  analytic peak    : %.4f GHz\n", f_analytic / 1e9);
+    std::printf("  sikit peak       : %.4f GHz   (err vs analytic: "
+                  "%+.2f%%)\n",
+                  peak_f / 1e9,
+                  100.0 * (peak_f - f_analytic) / f_analytic);
+    if (f_openems > 0) {
+        std::printf("  openEMS peak     : %.4f GHz   (err vs analytic: "
+                      "%+.2f%%)\n",
+                      f_openems / 1e9,
+                      100.0 * (f_openems - f_analytic) / f_analytic);
+        std::printf("  |sikit - openEMS|: %.2f%%\n",
+                      100.0 * std::abs(peak_f - f_openems) / f_openems);
+    }
+
+    int rc = 0;
+    if (std::abs(peak_f - f_analytic) / f_analytic > 0.05) rc = 1;
+    if (f_openems > 0 &&
+        std::abs(peak_f - f_openems) / f_openems > 0.05) rc = 1;
+    return rc;
+}