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The PSTD algorithm: A time-domain method requiring only two cells per wavelength

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A pseudospectral time-domain (PSTD) method is developed for solutions of Maxwell's equations that uses the fast Fourier transform (FFT), instead of finite differences on conventional finite-difference–time-domain methods, to represent spatial derivatives.
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A pseudospectral time-domain (PSTD) method is developed for solutions of Maxwell's equations. It uses the fast Fourier transform (FFT), instead of finite differences on conventional finite-difference–time-domain (FDTD) methods, to represent spatial derivatives. Because the Fourier transform has an infinite order of accuracy, only two cells per wavelength are required, compared to 8–16 cells per wavelength required by the FDTD method for the same accuracy. The wraparound effect, a major limitation caused by the periodicity assumed in the FFT, is removed by using Berenger's perfectly matched layers. The PSTD method is a factor of 4D–8D more efficient than the FDTD methods (D is the dimensionality). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 15: 158–165, 1997.

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Numerical solution of initial boundary value problems involving maxwell's equations in isotropic media

Abstract: Maxwell's equations are replaced by a set of finite difference equations. It is shown that if one chooses the field points appropriately, the set of finite difference equations is applicable for a boundary condition involving perfectly conducting surfaces. An example is given of the scattering of an electromagnetic pulse by a perfectly conducting cylinder.
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A perfectly matched layer for the absorption of electromagnetic waves

TL;DR: Numerical experiments and numerical comparisons show that the PML technique works better than the others in all cases; using it allows to obtain a higher accuracy in some problems and a release of computational requirements in some others.
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A 3D perfectly matched medium from modified maxwell's equations with stretched coordinates

TL;DR: A modified set of Maxwell's equations is presented that includes complex coordinate stretching along the three Cartesian coordinates that allow the specification of absorbing boundaries with zero reflection at all angles of incidence and all frequencies.
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Comparison of accurate methods for the integration of hyperbolic equations

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate more accurate difference methods and show that fourth order methods are optimal in some sense, and compare these methods with a variant of the Fourier technique.
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Forward modeling by a Fourier method

Dan Kosloff, +1 more
- 01 Oct 1982 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a pseudospectral forward-modeling algorithm for solving the two-dimensional acoustic wave equation is presented, which utilizes a spatial numerical grid to calculate spatial derivatives by the fast Fourier transform.
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