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HomerReid / scuff-em

A comprehensive and full-featured computational physics suite for boundary-element analysis of electromagnetic scattering, fluctuation-induced phenomena (Casimir forces and radiative heat transfer), nanophotonics, RF device engineering, electrostatics, and more. Includes a core library with C++ and python APIs as well as many command-line applications.
http://www.homerreid.com/scuff-em
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scuff-transmission: unable to reproduce ThinFilm example #160

Closed UmrathSt closed 6 years ago

UmrathSt commented 6 years ago

Dear Homer, I am unable to reproduce the ThinFilm example and also had no luck in reproducing the DiffractionPatterns and PerforatedThinFilm examples. The transmission results don't look how they should. I am using scuff from your last commid: "overhauled spherical-moment calculation and scuff-tmatrix application…".

Best regards Stefan

HomerReid commented 6 years ago

Thanks for the bug report. This is the same issue as #159. It affects calculations with periodic boundary conditions with multithreading enabled. Non-PBC geometries are not affected, and the issue should be eliminated by disabling multithreading, although then things may be slow. I am working on a fix, but unfortunately I am in Japan with almost no free time at the moment so it is going slowly. I hope to address it this weekend.

Ultimately this is really a symptom of the longstanding failure to address #22, which would have caught the problem sooner. We really need simple unit tests with TravisCI automation. Any volunteers to help?

HomerReid commented 6 years ago

Fixed in 284b202. Please confirm and feel free to post further questions, or close the issue if resolved.

UmrathSt commented 6 years ago

Thank you for the fix. I can confirm that its working.