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A 3D hybrid implicit‐explicit FDTD scheme with weakly conditional stability
Author(s) -
Chen Juan,
Wang Jianguo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.21898
Subject(s) - finite difference time domain method , stability (learning theory) , computation , microwave , mathematics , numerical stability , scheme (mathematics) , domain (mathematical analysis) , computer science , mathematical analysis , algorithm , numerical analysis , physics , optics , telecommunications , machine learning
In this paper, the hybrid implicit–explicit finite‐difference time‐domain (HIE‐FDTD) algorithm for a two‐dimensional (2D) TE wave is extended to a full three‐dimensional (3D) wave. The weakly conditional stability is verified by numerical simulation results. Numerical formulations of the 3D HIE‐FDTD method are presented and simulation results are compared to those using the conventional 3D finite‐difference time‐domain method. High computation efficiency is obtained by introducing an unequal space increment in different dimensions in the HIE‐FDTD method. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 2291–2294, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21898