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Claryfing units for TFSF source. #1949

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FilipeFcp opened this issue Sep 5, 2024 · 1 comment
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Claryfing units for TFSF source. #1949

FilipeFcp opened this issue Sep 5, 2024 · 1 comment
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FilipeFcp commented Sep 5, 2024

The documentation of the TFSF says that the source injects $1W/um^2$ of power, but the units are in Intensity, not power, right? So seems that the intensity is constant, but the Power varies with the source size, am I correct?

I had to get the $|E|^2$ and got a bit confused if I should multiply by the source area or not. Maybe would be interesting to clarify that according to the Poyting theorem. $I = (1/2)c n \epsilon_0 |E_0|^2 = 1$.

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The documentation of the TFSF says that the source injects 1 W / u m 2 of power, but the units are in Intensity, not power, right? So seems that the intensity is constant, but the Power varies with the source size, am I correct?

Correct. I guess the proper wording would be something like the source injects 1W of power per square micron of the source injection area, so the power injected by the source in W is given by the area of the injection plane in units of um**2. Or something like that. You want to have a go at rephrasing it?

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