FDTD Formulations for Scattering from Three Dimensional Chiral Objects

Abstract

Two finite difference time-domain (FDTD) scattered-field formulations for chiral objects are developed and presented in this paper. The first formulation provides single frequency results, while the second formulation provides multi frequency results from one FDTD simulation. Both formulations are developed for three dimensional electromagnetic applications. Numerical results from the single frequency formulation is presented for the scattering from a chiral sphere. In the multi-frequency formulation, the evaluation of both the electric and magnetic field values at every halftime step, unlike the conventional leap-frog algorithm, is needed to minimize the memory size required to store past values of the field components. Results of this formulation are presented for the co-polarization and cross- polarization of the reflected and transmitted waves from a chiral slab due to normal incidence of a plane wave and for the scattered field from a chiral sphere. Validation is performed by comparing the results with those based on the exact solution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 23, 2004
Accession Number
ADA438235

Entities

People

  • Atef Z. Elsherbeni
  • Ercument Arvas
  • Veysel Demir

Organizations

  • Syracuse University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cross Polarization
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Far Field
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Plane Waves
  • Polarization
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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