A robust and efficient subgridding algorithm for finite-difference time-domain simulations of Maxwell's equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-139

  Vaccari, A ^a   Pontalti, R ^a   Malacarne, C ^a   Cristoforetti, L ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersion relation; Group velocity; Low pass filter; Maxwell's equations; Nyquist frequency; Pulsed FDTD method

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; LOW PASS FILTERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MESH GENERATION;

DISPERSION RELATIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SOLUTION; GROUP VELOCITIES; LOW-PASS FILTERS; MESH REFINEMENT; NYQUIST FREQUENCY; PULSED FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; SOLUTION METHODS; SUBGRIDDING;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 0842290723     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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