A Novel TD-VIE Based on MOT Scheme for Analysis of Dispersive Objects

A novel time-domain volume integral equation (TD-VIE) is proposed to analyze the transient electromagnetic scattering from inhomogeneous dispersive objects. In this TD-VIE method, the higher order Nyström method is applied in spatial domain. Namely, the curvilinear tetrahedron elements are utilized...

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Published inIEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Vol. 65; no. 10; pp. 5387 - 5395
Main Authors Shifei Tao, Jun Cao, Zhenhong Fan, Chen, R. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2017
Subjects
Dispersion
Dispersive objects
Electric fields
Integral equations
Interpolation
marching-on-in-time (MOT)
Nyström method
Scattering
Time-domain analysis
time-domain volume integral equation (TD-VIE)
Transient analysis
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Summary:A novel time-domain volume integral equation (TD-VIE) is proposed to analyze the transient electromagnetic scattering from inhomogeneous dispersive objects. In this TD-VIE method, the higher order Nyström method is applied in spatial domain. Namely, the curvilinear tetrahedron elements are utilized to discretize dielectric objects and resulting unknowns are volume electric current density. The Lagrange interpolation polynomials are used to represent spatial basis functions. In temporal domain, the marching-on-in-time (MOT) scheme is applied and the shifted Lagrange interpolation functions are used to represent temporal basis functions. Moreover, the point-matching method is applied both in spatial and temporal domain. Compared with the traditional spatial Schaubert-Wilton-Glisson basis based on TD-VIE, this novel TD-VIE method is more efficient. Several numerical examples have demonstrated that the proposed method is accurate, stable, and also more efficient than the traditional TD-VIE.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2017.2742547