CUDA implementation of TEZ-FDTD solution of Maxwell's equations in dispersive media

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 756-759

  Zunoubi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Payne, Jason ^b   Roach, William P ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convolutional perfectly matched layer (CPML); dispersive; finite difference time domain (FDTD); graphic processor unit (GPU)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTE UNIFIED DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; CONVOLUTIONAL PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER; CPU MEMORY; DISPERSIVE; DISPERSIVE MEDIA; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; GRAPHIC PROCESSOR UNITS; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; PIECEWISE-LINEAR; SIMULATED RESULTS; SPEED-UP FACTORS;

CONVOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77955647635     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2010.2060181     Document Type: Article

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