Investigation on the characteristics of the envelope FDTD based on the alternating direction implicit scheme

This letter presents numerical characteristics of recently developed the envelope FDTD based on the alternating direction implicit scheme (envelope ADI-FDTD). Through numerical simulations, it is shown that the envelope ADI-FDTD is unconditionally stable and we can get better dispersion accuracy than the traditional ADI-FDTD by analyzing the envelope of the signal. This fact gives the opportunity to extend the temporal step size to the Nyquist limit in certain cases. Numerical results show that the envelope ADI-FDTD can be used as an efficient electromagnetic analysis tool especially in the single frequency or band limited systems.     

On Numerical Artifacts of the Complex Envelope ADI-FDTD Method

We examine two spurious numerical artifacts of the complex envelope (CE) alternating-direction-implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI-FDTD) method, viz. spurious charges and anomalous wave propagation (modes with positive phase velocity and negative group velocity). These artifacts are also present in the conventional ADI-FDTD; however, the spurious charges in CE-ADI-FDTD have a fundamental distinction from those of ADI-FDTD: they are static in ADI-FDTD and implicitly time-harmonic in CE-ADI-FDTD. Spurious charges are particularly detrimental to CE-ADI-FDTD simulations because they produce secondary radiation. We also show that spurious charges can be reduced by a fixed-point iterative correction in CE-ADI-FDTD.      

Envelope ADI–FDTD Method and Its Application in Three-Dimensional Nonuniform Meshes

The envelope alternating-direction-implicit finite difference time domain (ADI-FDTD) method in 3-D nonuniform meshes was proposed and studied. The phase velocity error for the envelope ADI-FDTD and ADI-FDTD methods in uniform and nonuniform meshes and different temporal increments were studied. A cavity problem was studied using the envelope ADI-FDTD and ADI-FDTD methods in graded meshes and the conventional FDTD method in a uniform mesh. The simulation results show that the envelope ADI-FDTD performs better than the ADI-FDTD in numerical accuracy     

An improved ADI-FDTD method and its application to photonicsimulations

When the alternating direction implicit-finite difference time domain method (ADI-FDTD) is applied to simulating photonic devices, full efficiency can not be achieved if reasonable accuracy is to be kept, due to numerical errors such as numerical dispersion. A simple modification to ADI-FDTD is proposed by calculating the envelope rather than the fast-varying field, so that errors are minimized. A factor of two-five in speed can usually be gained while retaining the same level of accuracy compared with conventional FDTD. The efficiency and the accuracy of this improved approach is demonstrated on several problems, from simple waveguide structures to complex photonic crystal structures     

Alternating-direction implicit (ADI) formulation of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method: algorithm and material dispersion implementation

The alternating-direction implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI-FDTD) technique is an unconditionally stable time-domain numerical scheme, allowing the /spl Delta/t time step to be increased beyond the Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy limit. Execution time of a simulation is inversely proportional to /spl Delta/t, and as such, increasing /spl Delta/t results in a decrease of execution time. The ADI-FDTD technique greatly increases the utility of the FDTD technique for electromagnetic compatibility problems. Once the basics of the ADI-FDTD technique are presented and the differences of the relative accuracy of ADI-FDTD and standard FDTD are discussed, the problems that benefit greatly from ADI-FDTD are described. A discussion is given on the true time savings of applying the ADI-FDTD technique. The feasibility of using higher order spatial and temporal techniques with ADI-FDTD is presented. The incorporation of frequency dependent material properties (material dispersion) into ADI-FDTD is also presented. The material dispersion scheme is implemented into a one-dimensional and three-dimensional problem space. The scheme is shown to be both accurate and unconditionally stable.     

A study of the numerical dispersion relation for the 2-D ADI-FDTD method

This letter presents a numerical dispersion relation for the two-dimensional (2-D) finite-difference time-domain method based on the alternating-direction implicit time-marching scheme (2-D ADI-FDTD). The proposed analytical relation for 2-D ADI-FDTD is compared with those relations in the previous works. Through numerical tests, the dispersion equation of this work was shown as correct one for 2-D ADI-FDTD.     

高阶ADI-FDTD算法的数值色散分析

该文给出高阶交替方向隐时域优先差分(ADI-FDTD)算法,即在ADI-FDTD迭代公式的基础上对时间的差分仍然采用二阶中心差分格式,而对空间的差分则采用四阶中心差分格式,并解析地证明了所给出的高阶ADI-FDTD算法仍然满足无条件稳定方程,同时对增长因子相位的分析,得到数值色散关系,最后对其数值色散误差进行了分析,研究表明与普通ADI-FDTD相比,其色散误差较小。     

各向异性介质在三维ADI-FDTD中的应用

该文研究一种减小三维交替方向隐式时域有限差分法(ADI-FDTD)数值色散的新方法。通过在三维空间中合理添加各向异性介质,达到调整相速的目的,从而减小数值色散,使计算结果更加精确。首先对添加各向异性介质后的三维ADI-FDTD迭代公式进行变形,并得到新的数值色散关系,从而求解得到各向异性介质的相对介电常数。以空心波导和具有介质不连续性的波导作为数值算例,分析不同的各向异性介质和添加方法对计算精度的影响,并与传统ADI-FDTD得到的结果和计算资源占用情况进行比较。结果表明通过正确选择各向异性介质和添加方法,可以有效地减小三维ADI-FDTD数值色散。     

Higher-order alternative direction implicit FDTD method

A second-order in time and fourth-order in space alternative direction implicit (ADI) finite difference time domain (FD-TD) method has been developed. The dispersion relation is derived and compared with the ADI-FDTD method. Numerical results demonstrated that the higher-order ADI-FDTD has a better accuracy compared to the ADI-FDTD method.     

UPML媒质中的包络ADI-FDTD

由于交替方向隐式时域有限差分法(Alternating-Direction Implicit Finite-Difference Time Domain,ADI-FDTD)的数值色散会随着时间步长的增加而增加,文中讨论了单轴各向异性完全匹配层(uniaxial perfectly matched layer,UPML)媒质中包络交替方向隐式时域有限差分法(Envelope ADI-FDTD),推导了二维Envelope ADI-FDTD UPML的迭代公式,并提出一种新的离散方法。与ADI-FDTD UPML相比,改进后的Envelope ADI-FDTD UPML的时间步长可以取得更大,且能有效地修正相速误差,从而减少数值色散,提高计算精度。     

GENETIC ALGORITHM IN REDUCTION OF NUMERICAL DISPERSION OF 3-D ADI-FDTD METHOD

A new method to reduce the numerical dispersion of the three-dimensional Alternating Direction Implicit Finite-Difference Time-Domain （3-D ADI-FDTD） method is proposed. Firstly, the numerical formulations of the 3-D ADI-FDTD method are modified with the artificial anisotropy, and the new numerical dispersion relation is derived. Secondly, the relative permittivity tensor of the artificial anisotropy can be obtained by the Adaptive Genetic Algorithm （AGA）. In order to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of this new method, a monopole antenna is simulated as an example. And the numerical results and the computational requirements of the proposed method are compared with those of the conventional ADI-FDTD method and the measured data. In addition the reduction of the numerical dispersion is investigated as the objective function of the AGA. It is found that this new method is accurate and efficient by choosing proper objective function.     

ADI-FDTD Method With Fourth Order Accuracy in Time

This letter presents an unconditionally stable alternating direction implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI-FDTD) method with fourth order accuracy in time. Analytical proof of unconditional stability and detailed analysis of numerical dispersion are presented. Compared to second order ADI-FDTD and six-steps SS-FDTD, the fourth order ADI-FDTD generally achieves lower phase velocity error for sufficiently fine mesh. Using finer mesh gridding also reduces the phase velocity error floor, which dictates the accuracy limit due to spatial discretization errors when the time step size is reduced further.     

Stability and Dispersion Analysis for ADI-FDTD Method in Lossy Media

The stability and dispersion analysis for the alternating-direction-implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI- FDTD) method in lossy media is presented. Although the stability and numerical dispersion have been analyzed for the ADI-FDTD method, most of the analysis is dedicated to the cases of lossless media. Here, the stability and dispersion analysis is performed for the method in lossy media. The stability analysis theoretically proves the unconditional stability of the ADI-FDTD method in lossy media. Meanwhile, the dispersion analysis reveals the numerical loss and dispersion characteristics of this method. This will be meaningful for the evaluation and further development of the ADI-FDTD method in lossy media     

Improvement on the numerical dispersion of 2-D ADI-FDTD with artificial anisotropy

In this letter, by introducing artificial anisotropy into computational space, a simple and efficient approach to reduce numerical dispersion of the two-dimensional alternating direction implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI-FDTD) method is proposed. It is shown that performance of the ADI-FDTD method can be improved significantly for both single frequency simulations and relatively wideband problems. Consequently, the usefulness and effectiveness of the ADI-FDTD method can be notably enhanced.     

Chromatic Dispersion Monitoring of CSRZ Signal for Optimum Compensation Using Extracted Clock‐Frequency Component

This paper presents a chromatic dispersion monitoring technique using a clock‐frequency component for carrier‐suppressed return‐to‐zero (CSRZ) signal. The clock‐frequency component is extracted by a clock‐extraction (CE) process. To discover which CE methods are most efficient for dispersion monitoring, we evaluate the monitoring performance of each extracted clock signal. We also evaluate the monitoring ability to detect the optimum amount of dispersion compensation when optical nonlinearity exists, since it is more important in nonlinear transmission systems. We demonstrate efficient CE methods of CSRZ signal to monitor chromatic dispersion for optimum compensation in high‐speed optical communication systems.     

Unconditionally stable ADI-FDTD formulations of the APML for frequency-dependent media

Unconditional stable formulations of the anisotropic perfectly matched layer (APML) are presented for truncating frequency-dependent media. The formulations are based on the auxiliary differential equation and the alternating direction implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI-FDTD) methods. Numerical examples carried out in one and two dimensions show that the proposed formulations remain unconditionally stable with inclusion of material dispersion into ADI-FDTD implementation of APML.     

An efficient method to reduce the numerical dispersion in the ADI-FDTD

A new approach to reduce the numerical dispersion in the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method with alternating-direction implicit (ADI) is studied. By adding anisotropic parameters into the ADI-FDTD formulas, the error of the numerical phase velocity can be controlled, causing the numerical dispersion to decrease significantly. The numerical stability and dispersion relation are discussed in this paper. Numerical experiments are given to substantiate the proposed method.     

一种有效减少ADI-FDTD数值色散的方法

ADI—FDTD算法的数值色散效应较为明显，本文的研究表明一种通过添加各向异性媒质来修正相速误差，从而减少FDTD数值色散的方法，同样适用于ADI-FDTD，且收效更为显著。数值运算结果证明该方法能够简单有效地去除较宽频带范围内的色散。     

Comments on "An efficient PML implementation for the ADI-FDTD method"

For original paper see Wang and Teixeira (IEEE Microwave Wireless Comp. Lett., vol.13, p.72-4, 2003 February). In this paper, a more precise way to evaluate the actual performance of the perfectly matched layer (PML) used for the alternating direction implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI-FDTD) method is presented. It is shown that the intrinsic numerical dispersion error of the ADI-FDTD method must be taken into account when the actual performance of the ADI-PML (as well as the ADI-FDTD method) is evaluated. Most importantly, it is demonstrated that the ADI-PMLs implemented with either the traditional manner or the way proposed in have almost the same level of accuracy when the performance of the ADI-PML is correctly evaluated.     

Measurement of Bandwidth of Microwave Resonator by Phase Shift of Signal Modulation

Bandwidth is measured by transmission of a signal with sine-wave modulation through a microwave resonator under test. The modulation frequency is adjusted so that the envelope is delayed 45/spl deg/ with respect to the input, indicating that the two sideband frequencies are separated by the half-power bandwidth. The resonance ratio (Q) is then equal to the ratio of carrier frequency over twice the modulation frequency. This depends on observations of these frequencies and the modulation phase shift, but not on the amplitude. It is insensitive to detuning or incidental frequency variation of the resonator or the signal. In a resonant cavity tested, an observed bandwidth of 30 kc at 700 mc indicated that Q =23,300.