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High‐order, leapfrog methodology for the temporally dependent Maxwell's equations
Author(s) -
Young J. L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/2000rs002503
Subject(s) - integrator , computer science , stability (learning theory) , dissipation , maxwell's equations , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , telecommunications , bandwidth (computing) , machine learning , thermodynamics
A high‐order, leapfrog integrator is presented and analyzed for Maxwell's time domain equations. The integrator is shown to be quite robust in terms of its efficiency and memory demands. Moreover, the integrator retains the original simplicity of the traditional second‐order, leapfrog integrator. Rigorous Fourier analyses are presented to quantify the dispersion, dissipation, and stability properties of the integrator. To limit the scope of the presentation, the 2×2, 2×4, 4×2, and 4×4 schemes are examined and compared. Here the first digit denotes temporal accuracy; the second digit denotes spatial accuracy. Numerical demonstrations, using the three‐dimensional rectangular waveguide as the object under test, are provided to further substantiate the theoretical analysis.