A staggered fourth-order accurate explicit finite difference scheme for the time-domain Maxwell's equations

DOI10.1006/JCPH.2001.6691zbMath0981.78012OpenAlexW2084948735MaRDI QIDQ5936480

Peter G. Petropoulos, Amir Yefet

Publication date: 2 July 2001

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcph.2001.6691

zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's equationsfinite-difference time-domain schemefourth-order schemesstaggered finite-difference schemes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M20)

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