Three-Dimensional Stable Nonorthogonal FDTD Algorithm with Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Solving Maxwell's Equations

Abstract

The main objective of our effort is the development of stable, accurate and efficient Maxwell solvers. We focus on mathematical studies of the key unresolved issues in the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) electromagnetic simulations. We have extended the subpixel smoothing FDTD method to material interface between dielectric and dispersive media by local coordinate rotation. A novel stable anisotropic FDTD algorithm based on the overlapping cells has been developed for solving Maxwell's equations of electrodynamics in anisotropic media with material interface between anisotropic dielectrics and dispersive medium or Perfect Electric Conductor (PEC). We have extended the overlapping Yee FDTD method to locally non-orthogonal grids, with application to the optical force computation on nanoparticles. We have developed a moving window full Maxwell solver algorithm with perfectly matched absorbing layer (PML) boundary conditions in order to accurately simulate the propagation of localized waves over a very long distance (millions of wavelength) in complex media. Furthermore, we have implemented the Adaptive Mesh Refine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA571241

Entities

People

  • Jinjie Liu

Organizations

  • Delaware State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Constitutive Equations
  • Dielectrics
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Equations
  • Finite Difference Time Domain
  • Geometry
  • Ground Penetrating Radar
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials Science
  • Metamaterials
  • Optics
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology