Chapter 1. | 
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Introduction  | 1  | 
1.1. Motivation (1)  | 
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2. HOW POEMS WORKS | 6  | 
2.1. Program Organization (6); 2.2. The   | 
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poems.cmd (6); 2.3. The FDTD Engine: FIDO/TEMPEST (7); 2.4. The  | 
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Postprocessor: EMPOST (7); 2.5. The Visualization System: VIS5D  | 
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(8); 2.6. Cluster Control (8)  | 
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3. USING POEMS | 10  | 
3.1. Command Reference (10); 3.2. The Computational Domain  | 
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(31); 3.3. OBJECTS (32); 3.4. MATERIALS (33); 3.5. SOURCES (33);  | 
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3.6. Optimization (37); 3.7. Predefined Constants (41);  | 
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3.8. Predefined Mathematical Functions (43); 3.9. Analytical Pupil  | 
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Functions (48); 3.10. Material Parameter Functions (48); A. TEMPEST  | 
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and General FDTD Information (49)  | 
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Appendix A.:  | 51  | 
A.1. POEMS INPUT: DIPOLE2I.PAR (52); A.2. tempest Input File:  | 
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DIPOLE2I.PAR.IN (62); A.3. Postprocessor orders:  | 
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DIPOLE2I.ORDERS (65); A.4. Run Results: DIPOLE2I.SIMPLEX  | 
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(75)  | 
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Appendix B.: Configuration  | 81  | 
B.1. FDTD and TEMPEST (81); B.2. REXX (83); B.3. X Window System  | 
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Configuration (83); B.4. Release Notes (84)  | 
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