Meep (software)
Software for electromagnetic simulations
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Meep (MIT Electromagnetic Equation Propagation) is a free and open-source[1] software package for electromagnetic simulations, developed by ab initio research group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. Operating under Unix-like systems, it uses finite-difference time-domain method with perfectly matched layer or periodic boundary conditions for field computation.[2]
| Meep | |
|---|---|
| Developers | ab initio research group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Initial release | 2006 |
| Stable release | 1.32.0
/ February 20, 2026 |
| Written in | C++, Python, Scheme |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS |
| Type | Simulation software |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | meep |
| Repository | github |
Meep supports dispersive, nonlinear and anisotropic media, and features subpixel smoothing and parallelization, as well as an embedded frequency-domain solver for steady-state fields and eigenmode expansion.[2] The package was subsequently expanded to include an adjoint solver for topology optimization and inverse design,[3] and a Python interface.[4]
The software is widely adopted by optics and photonics communities,[5] with applications including the analysis and design of metalenses[6][7] and photonic crystals.[8][9]
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