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A Crank-Nicolson Finite Element Method and the Optimal Error Estimates for the modified Time-dependent Maxwell-Schr\"{o}dinger Equations

Numerical Analysis 2017-03-08 v1

Abstract

In this paper we consider the initial-boundary value problem for the time-dependent Maxwell-Schr\"{o}dinger equations, which arises in the interaction between the matter and the electromagnetic field for the semiconductor quantum devices. A Crank-Nicolson finite element method for solving the problem is presented. The optimal energy-norm error estimates for the numerical algorithm without any time-step restrictions are derived. Numerical tests are then carried out to confirm the theoretical results.

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@article{arxiv.1703.02281,
  title  = {A Crank-Nicolson Finite Element Method and the Optimal Error Estimates for the modified Time-dependent Maxwell-Schr\"{o}dinger Equations},
  author = {Chupeng Ma and Liqun Cao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.02281},
  year   = {2017}
}