A straightforward procedure is described for accurately creating an incident focused light pulse in the 3-D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) electromagnetic simulation of the image space of an aplanatic converging lens. In this procedure, the focused light pulse is approximated by a finite sum of plane waves, and each plane wave is introduced into the FDTD simulation grid using the total-fi...

This paper presents time-transient polarimetric analysis for a simplified bridge model on water Surface. We extend our previous 2D time-transient analysis to 3D polarimetric scattering problem. Here the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method is utilized. In addition to the time-transient feature, we focus on the generating mechanism of the volume scattering component with increase of the s...

Top-hat monopole antennas loaded with radially layered dielectric are analyzed using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Unlike the mode-matching method (MMM) (which was previously used for analyzing these antennas) the FDTD method enables us to study such structures accurately and easily. Using this method, results can be obtained in a wide frequency band by performing only one ti...

An explicit fourth-order finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) scheme using the symplectic integrator is applied to electromagnetic simulation. A feasible numerical implementation of the symplectic FDTD (SFDTD) scheme is specified. In particular, new strategies for the air–dielectric interface treatment and the near-to-far-field (NFF) transformation are presented. By using the SFDTD scheme, both...

Among several techniques available for solving Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) problems, the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method is one of the best suited approaches when a parallelized hardware platform is used. In this paper we investigate the feasibility of implementing the FDTD method using the NVIDIA® GT 520, a low cost Graphical Processing Unit (GPU), for solving the differen...

A wave propagation characteristic is very significant to investigate a transient voltage and insulation design of a cable. This paper carries out an experiment and a simulation of wave propagation characteristics on an insulation covered conductor in comparison with a bare conductor. The simulations are carried out using Electro Magnetic Transient Program (EMTP) and Finite Difference Time Domai...

Recent developments in the design of graphics processing units (GPUs) have made it possible to use these devices as alternatives to central processor units (CPUs) and perform high performance scientific computing on them. Though several implementations of finitedifference time-domain (FDTD) method have been reported, the unavailability of high level languages to program graphics cards had been ...

We use Hamiltonian optics to design and analyze beam propagation in two-dimensional (2D) periodic structures with slowly varying nonuniformities. We extend a conventional Hamiltonian method, adding equations for calculating the width of a beam propagating in such structures, and quantify the range of validity of the extended Hamiltonian equations. For calculating the beam width, the equations a...

We present a three-dimensional finite difference time domain (FDTD) method on graphics processing unit (GPU) for plasmonics applications. For the simulation of plasmonics devices, the Lorentz-Drude (LD) dispersive model is incorporated into Maxwell equations, while the auxiliary differential equation (ADE) technique is applied to the LD model. Our numerical experiments based on typical domain s...

A conformal antenna array is analysed using an enhanced FDTD method. This antenna array is designed for use for in a channel sounder for characterising MIMO channels at UMTS frequencies, and (scaled to work at higher frequencies) may also be proposed as a MIMO antenna for wireless LANs. The FDTD model is shown to be extremely accurate for characterising important parameters of the array such as...