USING PHOTON WAVE FUNCTION FOR THE TIME-DOMAIN ANALYSIS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING

The Photon Wave Function

Local spectral time-domain method for electromagnetic wave propagation.

We explore the feasibility of using a local spectral time-domain (LSTD) method to solve Maxwell's equations that arise in optical and electromagnetic applications. The discrete singular convolution (DSC) algorithm is implemented in the LSTD method for spatial derivatives. Fourier analysis of the dispersive error of the DSC algorithm indicates that its grid density requirement for accurate simul...

X Photon Wave Function

Analysis of electromagnetic wave propagation using 3D finite-difference time-domain methods with parallel processing

vi Abstract The 3D Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method simulates structures in the time-domain using a direct form of Maxwell's curl equations. This method has the advantage over other simulation methods in that it does not use empirical approximations. Unfortunately, it requires large amounts of memory and long simulation times. This thesis applies parallel processing to the method so ...

Wave Mixing and Electromagnetic Wave Scattering in Plasmas

Kinetic and tluid treatments of nonlinear wave interactions (wave mixing and electromagnetic wave scatrering) in plasmas are considered and the difference between the two approaches is discussed. Solving the kinetic equation by the method of moments makes it possible to substantiate the validity and find the applicability range of the fluid approach to the study of nonlinear plasma processes. I...