Numerical stability and numerical dispersion of a compact 2-D/FDTD method used for the dispersion analysis of waveguides

Author

Cangellaris, Andreas C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1993

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The stability condition is derived for the compact two-dimensional finite-difference-time-domain (2-D/FDTD) scheme which was recently proposed for the dispersion analysis of waveguiding structures. It is shown that the upper limit of the Courant number depends on the desirable propagation constant beta and is always smaller than the one for the standard FDTD scheme in two dimensions. The dispersion equation for the numerical scheme is derived also and is used to examine the impact of grid size on the accuracy of the calculated eigenvalues (frequencies) for the dominant and higher-order modes.<>

Keywords

dispersion (wave); eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; finite difference time-domain analysis; stability criteria; waveguide theory; 2D FDTD; Courant number; dispersion analysis; eigenvalues; finite-difference-time-domain; grid size; numerical dispersion; propagation constant; stability condition; waveguiding structures; Accuracy; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Equations; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Numerical stability; Propagation constant; Stability analysis; Time domain analysis; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.180672

Filename

180672