A simple method to determine the time-step size to achieve a desired dispersion accuracy in ADI-FDTD

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 487-490

  Sun, Guilin ^a   Trueman, C W ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersion; FDTD; Numerical method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); PHASE CONSTANT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 1542305648     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20012     Document Type: Article

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