A fourth-order accurate FDTD scheme with long-time stability

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-273

  Hwang, Kyu Pyung ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward differentiation method; Convergence of numerical methods; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BACKWARD DIFFERENTIATION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS CAVITY PROBLEMS; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC (TE) POLARIZATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 18144402084     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.845741     Document Type: Article

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