Comparison of EM simulation software
The following tables list notable software packages that are nominal EM (electromagnetic) simulators;
FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) algorithm
| IDE | License | Windows | Linux | Mac OS X | 3D | GUI | Convergence detector | Mesher | Algorithm | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEEP | {{freeware (GPL)}} | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | equidistant | FDTD | Support nonlinear materials, used for photonics development. |
| emGine / tlmGine | {{freeware (LGPL)}} | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | equidistant | FDTD | For filters and antenna development. |