BlochVector

Type:Vector<complex>
Range:[v_1, …, v_3]
Default:[0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
Appearance:simple

Sets Bloch-vector \pvec{k}_{\mathrm{B}} as needed to specify the Bloch-periodicity for periodic geometries. For the discussion of periodic boundary conditions see here in the section Electromagnetics.

For two-dimensional z-invariant problems the third component k_z has the meaning of a wavenumber as detailed here in the parent section.

For cylindrically symmetric problems the third component is the angular, integer wavenumber n_\varphi, for details see here.