Numerical dispersion and numerical loss in explicit finite-difference time-domain methods in lossy media

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3684-3690

  Sun, Guilin ^a   Trueman, Christopher W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational electromagnetics; Finite difference time domain method (FDTD); Numerical anisotropy; Numerical dispersion; Numerical loss

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NYQUIST DIAGRAMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; NUMERICAL ANISOTROPY; NUMERICAL DISPERSION; NUMERICAL LOSS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 28644449824     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.858846     Document Type: Article

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