A high-resolution interpolation at arbitrary interfaces for the FDTD method

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 11 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1759-1766

  Nadobny, Jacek ^a   Sullivan, Dennis ^a   Wust, Peter ^a   Seebass, Martin ^a   Deuflhard, Peter ^a   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Averaging of material properties; Biological media; Curved and "sloped" interfaces; Fdtd method; Flux related fields; Interface conditions; Layered spheres; Linear interpolations; Mie series solutions

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR CORRECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERPOLATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MEDIA; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MIE SERIES SOLUTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0032206349     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.734576     Document Type: Article

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