A three-dimensional angle-optimized finite-difference time-domain algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 811-817

  Wang, Shumin ^a   Teixeira, Fernando L ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Numerical dispersion; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND SIMULATION; NUMERICAL DISPERSION ERROR; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0037361062     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.808615     Document Type: Article

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