v2.6.0rc1

What's Changed

• Add the calculation of the dispersion parameter for group velocity by @lucas-flexcompute in #1308
• Documentation upgrade after big rebase by @daquinteroflex in #1320
• bump jax and jaxlib versions to 0.4.* by @tylerflex in #1326
• Quick pre/2.6 patches by @daquinteroflex in #1330
• Fix to mesher error in very specific cases by @momchil-flex in #1325
• add string matching to assert_log_level by @tylerflex in #1327
• design space exploration plugin by @tylerflex in #1199
• from_nk to support arbitrary nk values by @weiliangjin2021 in #1328
• Using zipped solver data by @momchil-flex in #1322
• Added validation for symmetry along zero size dimension by @tomflexcompute in #1344
• Further docs improvements and full spellcheck by @daquinteroflex in #1340
• adjoint refactor: stage 1 by @tylerflex in #1337
• Warn if time monitor start time is after simulation run time by @momchil-flex in #1350
• Unified validation check for dependency fields by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1348
• Fix to zipped mode data download by @momchil-flex in #1351
• changelog for unified validation check for missing dependency fields by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1354
• Reduced sim mode solver by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1316
• FIX: Final touches patches for pre-release by @daquinteroflex in #1346
• Bringing back basic requirements file by @momchil-flex in #1347
• Update black version by @momchil-flex in #1356
• Momchil/merge develop in 26 by @momchil-flex in #1357
• FEAT: Automatic release from branch v* by @daquinteroflex in #1358
• FIX: Sort out the sync submodule issue 🤔 by @daquinteroflex in #1365
• release workflow auto generates release notes by @tylerflex in #1360
• Use simulation reduction automatically only in case of custom mediums by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1371
• Allow stl in heat solver by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1359
• Alec/mesh message by @alec-flexcompute in #1380
• FEAT: Sorted out the packaging of m2r3 🏃 by @daquinteroflex in #1382

Full Changelog: v2.5.0...v2.6.0rc1

v2.5.2

What's Changed

• Fix to internal storage estimate for surface integration monitors by @momchil-flex in #1369

Full Changelog: v2.5.1...v2.5.2

v2.5.1

What's Changed

• bump jax and jaxlib versions to 0.4.* by @tylerflex in #1326
• Fix to mesher error in very specific cases by @momchil-flex in #1325
• add string matching to assert_log_level by @tylerflex in #1327
• Added validation for symmetry along zero size dimension by @tomflexcompute in #1344
• Warn if time monitor start time is after simulation run time by @momchil-flex in #1350
• Unified validation check for dependency fields by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1348
• changelog for unified validation check for missing dependency fields by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1354
• Update black version by @momchil-flex in #1356

Full Changelog: v2.5.0...v2.5.1

v2.5.0

What's Changed

• tidy3d stub by @magiWei in #1108
• Avoid creating unecessary geometry groups of single elements by @lucas-flexcompute in #1177
• time zone in webapi log by @tylerflex in #1183
• merge current state of develop (2.4.2) into pre/2.5 by @tylerflex in #1185
• Heat solver interface by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1083
• add divergence mention to PML warning by @tylerflex in #1195
• Issue a warning when accessing unavailable group index data (#1169) by @lucas-flexcompute in #1178
• Prep 2.5.0rc1 by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1198
• broadband adjoint (2.5) by @tylerflex in #1192
• Add to_gds to Simulation, Structure and Geometry (#883) by @lucas-flexcompute in #1194
• Optimize workbench url. by @magiWei in #1206
• Adding verbose argument to estimate_cost and real_cost by @momchil-flex in #1207
• unpin boto and click by @tylerflex in #1210
• 2.5 changes by @tylerflex in #1190
• Space-time modulation of all types of materials by @weiliangjin2021 in #1188
• Bugfix for polarization sorting with non-existent modes by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1215
• Add support for geometry transformations by @lucas-flexcompute in #1203
• handle case with no adjoint sources by @tylerflex in #1218
• Setting protocol_version to None if solver_version provided by @momchil-flex in #1219
• Scene/AbstractSimualtion/Simulation/HeatSimulation cleaning by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1211
• Error instead of warning for zero-dim boundaries not periodic or Bloch by @shashwat-sh in #1221
• Avoid duplicate log messages in Jupyter by @lucas-flexcompute in #1225
• Truncate circular filter in edge case by @tylerflex in #1227
• Fix bug in eps_model for integer frequency arrays by @caseyflex in #1230
• Removing indent in string stored in hdf5 by @momchil-flex in #1228
• Added two-photon absorption nonlinearity by @caseyflex in #1172
• use mode solver fields in conversion methods by @tylerflex in #1236
• proper equality checking between tidy3d base model by @tylerflex in #1237
• Split ModeSolver.data_raw into smaller methods by @momchil-flex in #1233
• Added PECMedium to IsotropicUniformMediumType, and added PEC2D by @caseyflex in #1193
• Added LO-TO form of PoleResidue model by @caseyflex in #1240
• Correctly handle 2D/1D custom medium when exporting to GDS by @lucas-flexcompute in #1247
• SourceTime.plot_spectrum missing return after refactor by @momchil-flex in #1250
• adds SimulationData.mnt_data_from_file() method to load individual MonitorData by @tylerflex in #1249
• Removing special direction='-' handling in adjoint sources after solv… by @momchil-flex in #1252
• better error message when user try to download data that doesn't exist. by @magiWei in #1246
• Fix for file names containing dots by @lucas-flexcompute in #1253
• matplotlib >= 3.5 by @tylerflex in #1260
• Fix Component Modeler Batch Path by @tylerflex in #1259
• add ComponentModeler.plot_sim_eps() by @tylerflex in #1269
• Fix for 2D PEC by @shashwat-sh in #1256
• Allow downsampling of near fields for field projection monitors by @shashwat-sh in #1272
• apply phase to FieldData and SimulationData.plot_field by @tylerflex in #1271
• Ensuring mode solver fields are returned in requested precision by @momchil-flex in #1266
• Enforcing limits on the internal memory needed by monitors by @momchil-flex in #1273
• static jax structures & dispersive adjoint by @tylerflex in #1281
• adjoint warn nonlinear by @tylerflex in #1283
• Some private helper properties in ModeSolver by @momchil-flex in #1255
• Unstructured grid datasets by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1251
• Remove heat warning by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1289
• Spatial filtering of far fields by windowing near fields by @shashwat-sh in #1275
• Fix to fully anisotropic eps_model when an array of freqs is provided by @momchil-flex in #1290
• Error if any frequencies are smaller than 1e5 Hz by @momchil-flex in #1284
• Field projection validators by @shashwat-sh in #1288
• Making bend radius a positive float by @momchil-flex in #1298
• Replacing np.isclose with math.isclose in transformed validator by @momchil-flex in #1296
• On the fly vtk import by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1300
• Return 0 spectrum if no times are above the dft cutoff by @momchil-flex in #1297
• Rename Silicon in material library by @weiliangjin2021 in #1295
• Allow field projections through a manually-specified medium by @shashwat-sh in #1291
• Validate that ModeSolver.plane intersects ModeSolver.simulation by @momchil-flex in #1306
• Allow bend_radius to be negative, but not close to zero by @momchil-flex in #1307
• Change definition of FluxTime and DFT fields with complex fields by @caseyflex in #1279
• Convenience property in mode solver to get number of cells, freqs, an… by @momchil-flex in #1305
• Print cost breakdown in estimate_cost if there is mode or post-procesing charge by @momchil-flex in #1309
• Mode solver eps_complex check at central frequency only by @momchil-flex in #1312
• limit vtk version by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1313
• Added max_num_poles at least min_num_poles validator to FastDispersionFitter by @caseyflex in #1314
• 2.5 branch by @tylerflex in #1170

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.5.0

v2.5.0rc3

What's Changed

• Avoid duplicate log messages in Jupyter by @lucas-flexcompute in #1225
• Truncate circular filter in edge case by @tylerflex in #1227
• Fix bug in eps_model for integer frequency arrays by @caseyflex in #1230
• Removing indent in string stored in hdf5 by @momchil-flex in #1228
• Added two-photon absorption nonlinearity by @caseyflex in #1172
• use mode solver fields in conversion methods by @tylerflex in #1236
• proper equality checking between tidy3d base model by @tylerflex in #1237
• Split ModeSolver.data_raw into smaller methods by @momchil-flex in #1233
• Added PECMedium to IsotropicUniformMediumType, and added PEC2D by @caseyflex in #1193
• Added LO-TO form of PoleResidue model by @caseyflex in #1240
• Correctly handle 2D/1D custom medium when exporting to GDS by @lucas-flexcompute in #1247
• SourceTime.plot_spectrum missing return after refactor by @momchil-flex in #1250
• adds SimulationData.mnt_data_from_file() method to load individual MonitorData by @tylerflex in #1249
• Removing special direction='-' handling in adjoint sources after solv… by @momchil-flex in #1252
• better error message when user try to download data that doesn't exist. by @magiWei in #1246
• Fix for file names containing dots by @lucas-flexcompute in #1253
• matplotlib >= 3.5 by @tylerflex in #1260
• Fix Component Modeler Batch Path by @tylerflex in #1259
• add ComponentModeler.plot_sim_eps() by @tylerflex in #1269
• Fix for 2D PEC by @shashwat-sh in #1256
• Allow downsampling of near fields for field projection monitors by @shashwat-sh in #1272
• apply phase to FieldData and SimulationData.plot_field by @tylerflex in #1271
• Ensuring mode solver fields are returned in requested precision by @momchil-flex in #1266
• Enforcing limits on the internal memory needed by monitors by @momchil-flex in #1273

Full Changelog: v2.5.0rc2...v2.5.0rc3

v2.5.0rc2

What's Changed

• Limit number of sources to 1000 by @momchil-flex in #1202
• Test initialization speed of a metalens with 10_000 structures by @momchil-flex in #1201
• Fix updater for hdf5 files with custom data, and add hdf5 files to automatic updater testing by @momchil-flex in #1200
• broadband adjoint (2.5) by @tylerflex in #1192
• Add to_gds to Simulation, Structure and Geometry (#883) by @lucas-flexcompute in #1194
• Take make_json_compatible out of _json_string as a standalone method by @momchil-flex in #1204
• Optimize workbench url. by @magiWei in #1206
• Adding verbose argument to estimate_cost and real_cost by @momchil-flex in #1207
• unpin boto and click by @tylerflex in #1210
• 2.5 changes by @tylerflex in #1190
• Space-time modulation of all types of materials by @weiliangjin2021 in #1188
• Bugfix for polarization sorting with non-existent modes by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1215
• Add support for geometry transformations by @lucas-flexcompute in #1203
• handle case with no adjoint sources by @tylerflex in #1218
• Setting protocol_version to None if solver_version provided by @momchil-flex in #1219
• Scene/AbstractSimualtion/Simulation/HeatSimulation cleaning by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1211
• Error instead of warning for zero-dim boundaries not periodic or Bloch by @shashwat-sh in #1221

Full Changelog: v2.5.0rc1...v2.5.0rc2

v2.4.3

What's Changed

• fix bug with freqs as np.ndarray in output monitors by @tylerflex in #1189
• lsf - added more monitor parsing capability by @alec-flexcompute in #1184
• better description for TimeMonitor.interval by @tylerflex in #1187
• Limit number of sources to 1000 by @momchil-flex in #1202
• Test initialization speed of a metalens with 10_000 structures by @momchil-flex in #1201
• Fix updater for hdf5 files with custom data, and add hdf5 files to automatic updater testing by @momchil-flex in #1200
• Take make_json_compatible out of _json_string as a standalone method by @momchil-flex in #1204

Full Changelog: v2.4.2...v2.4.3

v2.5.0rc1

What's Changed

• tidy3d stub by @magiWei in #1108
• Avoid creating unecessary geometry groups of single elements by @lucas-flexcompute in #1177
• fix bug with freqs as np.ndarray in output monitors by @tylerflex in #1189
• lsf - added more monitor parsing capability by @alec-flexcompute in #1184
• better description for TimeMonitor.interval by @tylerflex in #1187
• time zone in webapi log by @tylerflex in #1183
• merge current state of develop (2.4.2) into pre/2.5 by @tylerflex in #1185
• Heat solver interface by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1083
• add divergence mention to PML warning by @tylerflex in #1195
• Issue a warning when accessing unavailable group index data (#1169) by @lucas-flexcompute in #1178
• Prep 2.5.0rc1 by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1198

Full Changelog: v2.4.2...v2.5.0rc1

v2.4.2

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