Perfectly Matched Layer for Accurate FDTD for Anisotropic Magnetized Plasma

Abstract

In this work, we propose a stable perfectly matched layer (PML) for accurate finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods for analyzing electromagnetic wave propagation in the anisotropic magnetized plasma region. Toward this purpose, we apply the complex frequency-shifted PML systematically to the E-J collocated FDTD method. In specific, auxiliary PML variables are included in the matrix calculation involved in the final update equations of the E-J collocated FDTD method. Numerical examples are used to validate the proposed PML-FDTD for anisotropic magnetized plasma.