diff --git a/matlab/ConvertHDF5_VTK.m b/matlab/ConvertHDF5_VTK.m
index 7f7806d..693f9a3 100644
--- a/matlab/ConvertHDF5_VTK.m
+++ b/matlab/ConvertHDF5_VTK.m
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function ConvertHDF5_VTK(hdf_file, vtk_prefix, varargin)
 %   'NumPhase': number of phase to dump frequency domain data animation
 %               (default is 36 --> 10°)
 %   'FieldName': field name written to vtk, e.g. 'E-Field'
+%   'weight':   field weighting
 %
 % example:
 %   % read time-domian data from hdf5, perform dft and dump as vtk
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ function ConvertHDF5_VTK(hdf_file, vtk_prefix, varargin)
 do_FD_dump = 1;
 do_TD_dump = 0;
 phase_N = 36;
+weight = 1;
 
 fieldname = 'unknown';
 
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ for n=1:2:numel(varargin)
     if (strcmp(varargin{n},'FieldName')==1);
         fieldname =  varargin{n+1};
     end
+    if (strcmp(varargin{n},'weight')==1);
+        weight =  varargin{n+1};
+    end
 end
 
 [field mesh] = ReadHDF5Dump(hdf_file, varargin{:});
@@ -55,23 +60,29 @@ if (do_FD_dump)
     if (~isfield(field,'FD'))
         warning('openEMS:ConvertHDF5_VTK','no FD data found skipping frequency domian vtk dump...');
     else
+        %set weighting
+        if (numel(weight)~=numel(field.FD.frequency))
+            FD_weight = ones(size(field.FD.frequency))*weight(1);
+        else
+            FD_weight = weight;
+        end
         if (field.FD.DataType==1) % dump complex value FD data
             ph = linspace(0,360,phase_N+1);
             ph = ph(1:end-1);
             for n = 1:numel(field.FD.frequency)
                 for p = ph
                     filename = [vtk_prefix '_' num2str(field.FD.frequency(n)) '_' num2str(p,'%03d') '.vtk' ];
-                    Dump2VTK(filename, real(field.FD.values{n}*exp(1j*p*pi/180)), mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
+                    Dump2VTK(filename, real(FD_weight(n)*field.FD.values{n}*exp(1j*p*pi/180)), mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
                 end
                 filename = [vtk_prefix '_' num2str(field.FD.frequency(n)) '_abs.vtk' ];
-                Dump2VTK(filename, abs(field.FD.values{n}), mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
+                Dump2VTK(filename, abs(FD_weight(n)*field.FD.values{n}), mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
                 filename = [vtk_prefix '_' num2str(field.FD.frequency(n)) '_ang.vtk' ];
-                Dump2VTK(filename, angle(field.FD.values{n}), mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
+                Dump2VTK(filename, angle(FD_weight(n)*field.FD.values{n}), mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
             end
         else % dump real value FD data
             for n = 1:numel(field.FD.frequency)
                 filename = [vtk_prefix '_' num2str(field.FD.frequency(n)) '.vtk' ];
-                Dump2VTK(filename, real(field.FD.values{n}), mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
+                Dump2VTK(filename, real(FD_weight(n)*field.FD.values{n}), mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
             end
         end
     end
@@ -85,7 +96,7 @@ if (do_TD_dump)
         acc = ['%0' int2str(ceil(log10(numel(field.TD.time)+1))) 'd'];
         for n = 1:numel(field.TD.time)
             filename = [vtk_prefix '_TD_' num2str(n,acc) '.vtk' ];
-            Dump2VTK(filename, field.TD.values{n}, mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
+            Dump2VTK(filename, abs(weight(1))*field.TD.values{n}, mesh, fieldname, varargin{:});
         end
     end
 end