Grid interpolation at material boundaries in finite-difference time-domain methods

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 368-370

  Korner T O ^a   Fichtner, W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FDTD; Grid interpolation; Local subgridding schemes; Material boundary

Indexed keywords

GRID INTERPOLATION; MATERIAL BOUNDARIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERPOLATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0032488176     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19981205)19:5<368::AID-MOP17>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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