An accurate and logically correct way to verify the numerical dispersion relations of FDTD and ADI-FDTD methods

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 427-431

  Zhao, An Ping ^a   Mäkinen, Riku M ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cylindrical wave; FDTD and ADI FDTD methods; Numerical dispersion; Plane wave

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT VELOCITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHODS; PHASE VELOCITY; POINT SOURCE;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542365322     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.11400     Document Type: Article

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