Title : 
Discrete Green´s function diakoptics for stable FDTD interaction between multiply-connected domains
         
        
            Author : 
de Hon, B.P. ; Arnold, J.M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We have developed FDTD boundary conditions based on discrete Green´s function diakoptics for arbitrary multiply-connected 2D domains. The associated Z-domain boundary operator is symmetric, with an imaginary part that can be proved to be positive semi-definite on the upper half of the unit circle in the complex Z-plane. Through Schwarz´ exterior formula an integral representation of this operator is obtained that is analytic outside that unit circle. A quadrature-rule based rational approximation of the operator corresponds to a self-consistent finite-lookback scheme in the discretised time domain. This scheme is demonstrably stable, in that only secular, non-growing, source-free solutions remain, which may be suppressed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Green´s function methods; Maxwell equations; electromagnetic field theory; finite difference time-domain analysis; rational functions; FDTD boundary conditions; Z-domain boundary operator; arbitrary multiply-connected 2D domains; discrete Green function; discretised time domain; finite-lookback scheme; multiply-connected domains; quadrature-rule based rational approximation; stable FDTD interaction; Boundary conditions; Diakoptics; Filtering; Finite difference methods; Green´s function methods; Optical waveguides; Performance analysis; Resonance; Stability; Time domain analysis;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Torino
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-0767-5
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-0767-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387393