A new discrete Green’s function formulation of the finite difference time domain (DGF-FDTD) method has been developed which expresses the field response as a convolution of the current sources and the impulse response of the FDTD equation system. DGF-FDTD avoids the need for computation of free space nodes and absorbing boundary conditions. The method has been demonstrated by its application to...

Abstract This is a tutorial paper on the basics and applications of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Two types discretization linear governing equations, scalar-type FDTD method vector-type one, are first discussed. Then basic concept compact explicit-FDTD (CE-FDTD) described. By considering relationship between cutoff frequency computer resources, it shown that interpolated wide ba...

A three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) program has been developed to provide a numerical solution for light scattering by nonspherical dielectric particles. The perfectly matched layer (PML) absorbing boundary condition (ABC) is used to truncate the computational domain. As a result of using the PML ABC, the present FDTD program requires much less computer memory and CPU time ...

In this paper, a new algorithm for twodimensional (2-D) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is presented. By this new method, the maximum time step size can be increased over the Courant-FriedrichLevy (CFL) condition restraint. This new algorithm is adapted from an Alternating-Direction Implicit FDTD (ADI-FDTD) method. However, unlike the ADI-FDTD algorithm, the alternation is performed...

In this letter, a low numerical dispersion error single field (SF) hybrid implicit explicit (HIE) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method with artificial anisotropic (AA) parameters, AA-SF-HIE-FDTD for short, is proposed. Based on the formulas of SF-HIE-FDTD and by introducing electric anisotropy updated functions 3-D AA-SF-HIE FDTD can be obtained. The relation Fourier investigated. Compar...

In this paper, the parallel implementation of the Wave-Equation Finite Difference Time Domain (WE-FDTD) method, using the Message Passing Interface (MPI) system, is presented. The WE-FDTD computational domain is divided into subdomains using onedimensional topology. Numerical simulations have been carried out for a line current source radiating in two-dimensional domains of different sizes and ...

In this letter, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) computed radiation patterns of mobile telephones are carefully compared with those measured in our laboratory. The question on the capability of the FDTD method to correctly predict the radiated electromagnetic fields of today’s structurally complex mobile telephones is addressed. Two commercially available cellular telephones equipped with t...

In this paper, an advanced numerical technique is proposed for a low-frequency electromagnetic field simulation. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is one of the best methods for analyzing electromagnetic field problems, which require high levels of precision, such as a heterogeneous whole-body voxel human model. However, directly using the standard FDTD method in the quasi-static ...

In this paper, a finite-difference time-domain method that is free of the constraint of the Courant stability condition is presented for solving electromagnetic problems. In it, the alternating direction implicit (ADI) technique is applied in formulating the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) algorithm. Although the resulting formulations are computationally more complicate than the conventio...

A novel MatLab-based diffraction tool for the investigation of scattered fields around a two-dimensional Perfectly Electric Conductor (PEC) wedge is introduced. Analytical (Exact by Integral, as well as some High Frequency Asymptotic (HFA) techniques) and numerical (Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD)) models are included. The FDTD staircase modeling problems are removed by the application of ...