A complete approach for linear and nonlinear dispersion in EM-FDTD
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Schild, Stefan; Chavannes, Nicolas; Kuster, Niels (Schmid & Partner Engineering AG, Zeughausstrasse 43, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland)
Abstract:
A complete framework to model linear and non-linear dispersion effects with the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method in electromagnetics (EM) has been developed. In order to successfully simulate materials with any combination of the supported dispersion effects, the package encompasses tools to setup a suitable grid, compute a discretization and analyse and predict stability issues. The newly developed solver uses subpixel smoothing for all material combinations. Additionally, the method supports conformal subcell processing in FDTD.