Generalized methodology based on higher-order conventional and non-standard FDTD concepts for the systematic development of enhanced dispersionless wide-angle absorbing perfectly matched layers

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 417-440

  Kantartzis, Nikolaos V ^a   Tsiboukis, Theodoros D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BERENGER UNSPLIT FIELD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAXWELLIAN UNSPLIT FIELD; PADE APPROXIMATIONS; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYERS; WIDE ANGLE ABSORPTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0034274736     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1204(200009/10)13:5<417::AID-JNM375>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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