Computational high frequency waves through curved interfaces via the Liouville equation and geometric theory of diffraction

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 6106-6139

  Jin, Shi ^a,b   Yin, Dongsheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Creeping wave; Geometric optics; Geometrical theory of diffraction; High frequency waves; Liouville equation; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GEOMETRY; HAMILTONIANS; LIOUVILLE EQUATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CREEPING WAVES; CURVED INTERFACE; EQUATION THEORY; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; GEOMETRIC THEORY OF DIFFRACTIONS; GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION; HAMILTONIAN PRESERVING SCHEMES; HIGH FREQUENCY WAVES; LIOUVILLE'S EQUATION; NUMERICAL SCHEME;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 43049091907     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.02.029     Document Type: Article

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