Nested sweep errors - results could not be concatenated

[msh150]

Hi

I’ve tried to run a nested parameter sweep. (Reflection vs. incident light angle & Wavelength). However, after running a sweep I encountered with this error! Could you please let me know how I can fix it? It must be noted that when I omit the wavelength dependency, there would be no problem, and I can plot reflection vs. incident light angle.

[bkhanaliloo]

Hi @msh150

This seems to be a bug in previous versions (It looks like software was getting confused when you were sweeping over the source wavelengths), but it has been fixed in the latest releases.

Please upgrade your software to the latest version using the link below, and upload the simulation file for a review if you still had any problem.

https://www.lumerical.com/downloads/customer.html

Thanks

[ayan.chakrabarty]

taper_edgeAngle_sweep_problem.fsp (348.2 KB)

Hi I am having the same problem. I have uploaded the model. Could you please have a look.

Thanks

[kghaffari]

Hi @ayan.chakrabarty,

Welcome to the community!

I checked your file, the problem stems from the results being derived for different x coordinates at each simulation. You can fix this by enabling the override x mesh option (shown below).

Kind regards

[ayan.chakrabarty]

Hello,

I am trying to simulate a taper waveguide. A sweep is set up over the facet angle which changes the structure in each step. Individual simulation runs fine. However if you run the sweep it throws an error : “individual results could not be concatenated”.

Any idea where things might be going wrong?

Thanks

[kghaffari]

@ayan.chakrabarty I merged your post into this question you asked earlier; please find the answer above.

Kind regards

[ayan.chakrabarty]

Hi,

Thanks a lot. That means whenever we have sweep set up that changes the structure in each step, the automatic mesh set up (auto non-uniform) will not work and we have to override the mesh with the mesh setup function/icon ? Since, in the mesh setup function you have to define geometry, do we need to do it over the entire simulation region?

[kghaffari]

For running a sweep, there are two main requirements for the results to be merged:

• Matrices having same dimensions.
• The data being recorded for same coordinates (x, y, z).

Following a change in the structure, the mesh would also change when using the automatic mesh setup.

Therefore yes, you need to enable the override mesh option when sweeping to ensure that results are obtained for same coordinates.

Answering your second question, since the cells need to match across the structure, the mesh will extend out from the defined mesh object (in directions which you have enabled the mesh override for). Therefore, in your case given the geometry, you can expand your mesh object in Z direction so it will fully apply to your monitors (shown below).

[ayan.chakrabarty]

Thanks a lot.