MaX-1

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MaX-1 is a graphic platform for Computational Electromagnetics and Computational Optics on personal computers under Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

MaX-1 contains

• advanced tools for the visualization and animation of functions and fields
• a movie directive language interpreter for generating complicated movies
• a simple formula interpreter for defining complex grids, fields, material properties, grid transformations, generalized FD operators, etc.
• a new 2D MMP tool for accurate semi-analytic computations
• a new 3D MMP tool (upgrade only!)
• 2D and 3D FDTD solvers (upgrade only!)

MaX-1 has been published on a CD-ROM by John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

For more information on the theoretical background of MaX-1, see Ch. Hafner: Post-Modern Electromagnetics - Using intelligent Maxwell Solvers, published by John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

New since 2006 (more in download area):

• Optimizer for MaX-1 projects (evolutionary strategies, genetic algorithms, and many more!)
• Predefined 2D and 3D Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) solvers
• Model-Based Parameter Estimation (MBPE) technique for fast evaluation of frequency  response.

New since 2009 (OpenSource version): OpenMaX

Linux users

MaX-1 is a standard Windows application. You may run it under Linux using Wine. Proceed as follows:

1) Install wine. See, for example:
   http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Wine?highlight=win (German)
   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine (Englisch)
2) Execute winecfg (see links above)
3) Copy the entire MaX-1 folder (e.g. MaXfolder) to the wine folder. For example: cp -r /media/c/MaXfolder ~/.wine/drive_c/Programs
4) start MaX-1 under wine (for example, when Max08c.exe is the MaX-1 version you have): wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Programme/MaXfolder/Max08c.exe

Responsible for this web page:  Ch. Hafner, Computational Optics Group, IFH, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

Last update 17.08.2009