Here are some papers, programs, and links that let you become more familiar with finite difference time domain (FDTD) solvers for Maxwell’s Equations.
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A paper by D.W. Ward, and K.A. Nelson (”Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations of electromagnetic wave propagation using a spreadsheet,” Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ., 13: 213-221 (2005)) teaches you the idea of FDTD by building a simple 1D solver from stratch using a spreadsheet.
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Meep: which officially stands for MIT Electromagnetic Equation Propagation, but there are also several unofficial meanings of the acronym.
Logo for MIT MEEP
- Wikipedia has an article on FDTD with a comprehensive list of solvers.
- For mission-critical design work, you’ll want to step up to a supported, commercial tool. Working for Agilent, obviously I’m biased. But here’s a link to EMPro anyway! Click here to request an evaluation license.
EMPro
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