The splitting finite-difference time-domain methods for Maxwell's equations in two dimensions

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 207-230

  Gao, Liping ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a,b   Liang, Dong ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convergence; Finite difference time domain; Maxwell's equations; Perfectly conducting; Perfectly matched layer; Scattering; Splitting scheme; Stability; Staggered grid

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PERFECTLY CONDUCTING; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYERS; SPLITTING SCHEME; STAGGERED GRIDS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247379941     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2006.04.051     Document Type: Article

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