Perfectly matched layer media with CFS for an unconditionally stable ADI-FDTD method

Abstract

A perfectly matched layer (PML) medium with complex frequency shifted (CFS) constitutive parameters is introduced for the three-dimensional alternating direction implicit (ADI) formulation of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The absorbing boundary is implemented using the convolutional PML (CPML) approach. It is demonstrated that the resulting ADI-CPML scheme is unconditionally stable. The effectiveness of the absorbing medium as a function of the time step is also demonstrated. The proposed method has the advantage that it allows the application of the ADI method to low-frequency analysis.