An Alternative Approach for Implementing Periodic Boundary Conditions in the FDTD Method Using Multiple Unit Cells

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 698-705

  Lee, R Todd ^a   Smith, Glenn S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; periodic structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008029069     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.863144     Document Type: Article

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