• DocumentCode
    2035019
  • Title

    A finite difference frequency domain (FDFD) method for materials with negative permittivity

  • Author

    Pflaum, C. ; Rahimi, Z.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-18 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    799
  • Lastpage
    802
  • Abstract
    The standard finite-difference time-domain equations can model propagation of wave in dispersive media. However in case of plasmas and metals, the negative values of permittivity makes the standard time iteration scheme unstable. We describe a numerical technique to solve Maxwell´s equations in frequency domain in this case.
  • Keywords
    finite difference time-domain analysis; permittivity; Maxwell equation; dispersive media; finite difference frequency domain method; finite-difference time-domain equation; negative permittivity; time iteration; wave propagation; Computational modeling; Convolution; Difference equations; Dispersion; Finite difference methods; Frequency domain analysis; Maxwell equations; Permittivity; Plasma materials processing; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3385-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3386-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297314
  • Filename
    5297314