High order matched interface and boundary methods for the Helmholtz equation in media with arbitrarily curved interfaces

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3155-3170

  Zhao, Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrarily curved interface; High order finite difference methods; Inhomogeneous media; Matched interface and boundary method; Staircasing error; Step index waveguide

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ARBITRARILY CURVED INTERFACE; BOUNDARY METHOD; CURVED INTERFACE; HELMHOLTZ'S EQUATIONS; HIGH-ORDER FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; JUMP CONDITIONS; MATCHED INTERFACE AND BOUNDARY METHOD; STAIRCASING ERROR; STEP-INDEX WAVEGUIDES;

HELMHOLTZ EQUATION;

EID: 77949339519     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.12.034     Document Type: Article

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