v2.6.0

What's Changed

• Add the calculation of the dispersion parameter for group velocity by @lucas-flexcompute in #1308
• Documentation upgrade after big rebase by @daquinteroflex in #1320
• bump jax and jaxlib versions to 0.4.* by @tylerflex in #1326
• Quick pre/2.6 patches by @daquinteroflex in #1330
• Fix to mesher error in very specific cases by @momchil-flex in #1325
• add string matching to assert_log_level by @tylerflex in #1327
• design space exploration plugin by @tylerflex in #1199
• from_nk to support arbitrary nk values by @weiliangjin2021 in #1328
• Using zipped solver data by @momchil-flex in #1322
• Added validation for symmetry along zero size dimension by @tomflexcompute in #1344
• Further docs improvements and full spellcheck by @daquinteroflex in #1340
• adjoint refactor: stage 1 by @tylerflex in #1337
• Warn if time monitor start time is after simulation run time by @momchil-flex in #1350
• Unified validation check for dependency fields by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1348
• Fix to zipped mode data download by @momchil-flex in #1351
• changelog for unified validation check for missing dependency fields by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1354
• Reduced sim mode solver by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1316
• FIX: Final touches patches for pre-release by @daquinteroflex in #1346
• Bringing back basic requirements file by @momchil-flex in #1347
• Update black version by @momchil-flex in #1356
• Momchil/merge develop in 26 by @momchil-flex in #1357
• FEAT: Automatic release from branch v* by @daquinteroflex in #1358
• FIX: Sort out the sync submodule issue 🤔 by @daquinteroflex in #1365
• Fix to internal storage estimate for surface integration monitors by @momchil-flex in #1369
• release workflow auto generates release notes by @tylerflex in #1360
• Use simulation reduction automatically only in case of custom mediums by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1371
• Allow stl in heat solver by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1359
• Alec/mesh message by @alec-flexcompute in #1380
• FEAT: Sorted out the packaging of m2r3 🏃 by @daquinteroflex in #1382
• Adding validate_pre_upload to AbstractSimulation by @momchil-flex in #1381
• DataArray accepts file path and handle by @tylerflex in #1385
• Allow importing specific field from vtk by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1394
• Add missing dispersion information to dataframe conversion by @lucas-flexcompute in #1392
• fix binary filter docstring by @tylerflex in #1396
• fix penalty docstring by @tylerflex in #1398
• FEAT: On-the-fly benchmarking + import timing improvements 🕐 v1 by @daquinteroflex in #1375
• Add field data to ModeMonitor (#1274) by @lucas-flexcompute in #1367
• fix adjoint utils docstrings by @tylerflex in #1401
• ignore diffraction amps of NaN in adjoint source by @tylerflex in #1406
• Allow inhomogeneous substrate and superstrate for 2d materials with more complex intersections by @dmarek-flex in #1395
• Allow users to override the global cache setting for individual task. by @magiWei in #1389
• Update the minimum tls version for python client to avoid https shake verify issue. by @magiWei in #1422
• Update issue templates by @tylerflex in #1424
• fix obscure error if val not supported in SimData.plot_field by @tylerflex in #1447
• Added free-carrier absorption (FCA) and free-carrier plasma dispersion (FCPD) by @caseyflex in #1329
• FEAT: Docs upgrades throughout 📈 by @daquinteroflex in #1420
• fix plotting bounds in plot_structures by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1450
• fix for innhomegenous substrates/superstrates in 1D and 2D simulations by @dmarek-flex in #1452
• Optional argument log_path in set_logging_file, and default to False by @momchil-flex in #1448
• Warn if periodic boundaries are used with an angled source by @momchil-flex in #1449
• Add missing Transformed geometry class to docs by @lucas-flexcompute in #1458
• FEAT: Further docs improvements 🧑‍🍳 by @daquinteroflex in #1451
• fix another obscure error if val not supported in SimData.plot_field by @tylerflex in #1466
• FIX: Github action VENV management to prevent the bug in #1457, python 3.8 fundamental depreciation by @daquinteroflex in #1469
• PATCH: Poetry dev github actions 💊 by @daquinteroflex in #1472
• Validate no nan in custom components by @tylerflex in #1460
• adjoint util erosion-dilation penalty by @tylerflex in #1467
• (Alternative) Improved efficiency of outer_dot by @caseyflex in #1464
• Improved efficiency of overlap_sort by @caseyflex in #1465
• Store a simulation sample file every time schema.py is called by @momchil-flex in #1478
• Avoid numpy invalid value warning in arcsin by @momchil-flex in #1477
• Updates to help unify backend logging (Reset back to original #1457) by @daquinteroflex in #1470
• Small fixes to grid_expanded validator and monitor_num_cells by @momchil-flex in #1482
• improving docstrings for Point-, Cell-, and IndexedDataArrays by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1481
• PATCH: Simulation API docs improvements by @daquinteroflex in #1480
• 2.6 branch by @tylerflex in #1315
• RELEASE: Upgrade release flow and tiny fix ⚡ by @daquinteroflex in #1486
• FIX: Release workflow 🏃 by @daquinteroflex in #1488
• RELEASE: 🎉 Get ready for 2.6.0 by @daquinteroflex in #1489

New Contributors

• @dmarek-flex made their first contribution in #1395

Full Changelog: v2.5.0...v2.6.0