Computational Electrodynamics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Allen Taflove, Susan C. Hagness

• Publisher: ARTECH HOUSE, INC.
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1037
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first and second editions of this book were published in 1995 and 2000, respectively. We are gratified with their high level of use by both the university and industrial-research communities. The second edition is often the text in senior year and graduate electrical engineering courses in computational electrodynamics, and both editions are frequently cited in refereed journal papers as primary background references for FDTD methods and applications.
This new third edition is extensively revised and expanded. We have had two primary goals in this regard. First, we have worked to update the book’s discussions of FDTD theory and applications to keep pace with the continuing, rapid changes in these areas since 2000. This allows the professional engineer or scientist to have a convenient single-source reference concerning the latest FDTD techniques and research problems. Second, we have worked to further enhance the educational content of the book from both a fundamental theoretical perspective, and from the standpoint of the course instructor’s ease of use.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition xix
1 Electrodynamics Entering the 21st Century 1
2 The One-Dimensional Scalar Wave Equation 21
3 Introduction to Maxwell’s Equations and the Yee Algorithm 51
4 Numerical Dispersion and Stability 107
5 Incident Wave Source Conditions 169
6 Analytical Absorbing Boundary Conditions 229
7 Perfectly Matched Layer Absorbing Boundary Conditions 273
8 Near-to-Far-Field Transformation 329
9 Dispersive, Nonlinear, and Gain Materials 353
10 Local Subcell Models of Fine Geometrical Features 407
11 Nonuniform Grids, Nonorthogonal Grids, Unstructured Grids, and Subgrids 463
12 Bodies of Revolution 517
13 Periodic Structures 553
14 Antennas 607
15 High-Speed Electronic Circuits with Active and Nonlinear Components 677
16 Photonics 743
17 Advances in PSTD Techniques 847
18 Advances in Unconditionally Stable Techniques 883
19 Advances in Hybrid FDTD-FE Techniques 907
20 Advances in Hardware Acceleration for FDTD 955
Acronyms and Common Symbols 981
About the Authors 985
Index 997