IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques · 1998 · 180 citations · 12 references
ComputingComputational EngineeringElectrical EngineeringComputational ElectromagneticsComputational PhysicsElectromagneticsFinite Difference MethodsFinite Difference Time Domain AnalysisPeriodic Electromagnetic StructuresPeriodic Structure AnalysisTime IntegrationDiscretization Of Maxwell's EquationsFinite Difference Time Domain ModelingFinite Difference Time Domain SimulationFloquet Boundary ConditionsGridsOblique Incidence PropagationPeriodic Boundary ConditionsStability Criterion
A novel implementation of periodic boundary conditions incorporated into the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique in both orthogonal and nonorthogonal grids is presented in this paper. The method applied is a field-splitting approach to the discretization of the Floquet-transformed Maxwell equations. As a result, the computational burden is reduced and the stability criterion is relaxed. The results of the two methods are compared to experimental data.
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