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Implementation of the asymptotic corrugation boundary condition in the finite difference time domain method
Author(s) -
Simon Andrew E.,
Kishk Ahmed A.
Publication year - 2005
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 - 10.1029/2004rs003148
Subject(s) - wavelength , homogeneous , boundary value problem , computation , domain (mathematical analysis) , boundary (topology) , finite difference time domain method , field (mathematics) , object (grammar) , geometry , mathematics , mathematical analysis , statistical physics , physics , optics , computer science , algorithm , pure mathematics , artificial intelligence
Geometry description in the finite difference time domain method is a tedious task if the geometry contains fine details, such as the case of corrugated objects. Such fine details constrain the cell size. The corrugated object can be modeled using the asymptotic corrugation boundary condition (ACBC) with a correction due to the width‐over‐period ratio. The ACBC forces certain field distributions inside the corrugation and allows for the removal of the corrugation teeth to have a homogeneous region with enforced field behavior that represents the actual corrugations. The ACBC approach is found to be accurate when the number of corrugations per wavelength is large (typically around 10 corrugations per wavelength). Computed results using ACBC are in good agreement with detailed simulations, which demonstrates the validity of the asymptotic approximations. Last, a major improvement in the computation time is achieved when using the ACBC to model structures that have a large number of corrugations per wavelength.