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Polarization-Current-Based FDTD Near-to-Far-Field Transformation

Optics 2015-05-13 v1 Computational Physics

Abstract

A new near-to-far-field transformation algorithm for three-dimensional finite-different time-domain is presented in this article. This new approach is based directly on the polarization current of the scatterer, not the scattered near fields. It therefore eliminates the numerical errors originating from the spatial offset of the E and H fields, inherent in the standard near-to-far-field transformation. The proposed method is validated via direct comparisons with the analytical Lorentz-Mie solutions of plane waves scattered by large dielectric and metallic spheres with strong forward-scattering lobes.

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@article{arxiv.0903.0663,
  title  = {Polarization-Current-Based FDTD Near-to-Far-Field Transformation},
  author = {Yong Zeng and Jerome V. Moloney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.0663},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

8 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to publish

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