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Our work is about energy conserving fourth-order time discretizations of a three-field formulation of Maxwell's equations in conjunction with a spatial discretization using higher-order and compatible de Rham finite element spaces. Toward…

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In this work, a second-order approximation of the fractional substantial derivative is presented by considering a modified shifted substantial Gr\"{u}nwald formula and its asymptotic expansion. Moreover, the proposed approximation is…

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A conformal dispersive finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is developed for the study of one-dimensional (1-D) plasmonic waveguides formed by an array of periodic infinite-long silver cylinders at optical frequencies. The curved…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Yan Zhao , Yang Hao

We present a high-order radial basis function finite difference (RBF-FD) framework for the solution of advection-diffusion equations on time-varying domains. Our framework is based on a generalization of the recently developed Overlapped…

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This paper presents an efficient parallel direct algorithm with near-optimal complexity for the compact fourth and sixth-order approximation of the three-dimensional Helmholtz equations [1] with the problem coefficient depending on only one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-13 Ronald Gonzales , Yury Gryazin , Yun Teck Lee

In this paper, a higher order finite difference scheme is proposed for Generalized Fractional Diffusion Equations (GFDEs). The fractional diffusion equation is considered in terms of the generalized fractional derivatives (GFDs) which uses…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Kamlesh Kumar , Rajesh K. Pandey

The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is a well established method for solving the time evolution of Maxwell's equations. Unfortunately the scheme introduces numerical dispersion and therefore phase and group velocities which…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-02-05 Alexander Blinne , David Schinkel , Stephan Kuschel , Nina Elkina , Sergey Rykovanov , Matt Zepf

Recent developments in high peak-power table-top laser systems reaching highly relativistic light intensities have led to significant advances in laser-driven particle acceleration schemes (mainly the laser wakefield acceleration, LWFA)…

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A novel finite element method for the approximation of Maxwell's equations over hybrid two-dimensional grids is studied. The choice of appropriate basis functions and numerical quadrature leads to diagonal mass matrices which allow for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-22 Herbert Egger , Bogdan Radu

The multi-term time-fractional mixed diffusion-wave equations (TFMDWEs) are considered and the numerical method with its error analysis is presented in this paper. First, a $L2$ approximation is proved with first order accuracy to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-26 Zhao-peng Hao , Guang Lin

In this article, a high-order time-stepping scheme based on the cubic interpolation formula is considered to approximate the generalized Caputo fractional derivative (GCFD). Convergence order for this scheme is $(4-\alpha)$, where $\alpha…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-12 Sarita Kumari , Rajesh K. Pandey , R. P. Agarwal

A high-order finite element method is proposed to solve the nonlinear convection-diffusion equation on a time-varying domain whose boundary is implicitly driven by the solution of the equation. The method is semi-implicit in the sense that…

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We present a previously unexplored forward-mode differentiation method for Maxwell's equations, with applications in the field of sensitivity analysis. This approach yields exact gradients and is similar to the popular adjoint variable…

Optics · Physics 2019-12-24 Tyler W Hughes , Ian A D Williamson , Momchil Minkov , Shanhui Fan

In this paper, we consider Maxwell's equations in linear dispersive media described by a single-pole Lorentz model for electronic polarization. We study two classes of commonly used spatial discretizations: finite difference methods (FD)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Yan Jiang , Puttha Sakkaplangkul , Vrushali A. Bokil , Yingda Cheng , Fengyan Li

We developed fast direct solver for 3D Helmholtz and Maxwell equations in layered medium. The algorithm is based on the ideas of cyclic reduction for separable matrices. For the grids with major uniform part (within the survey domain in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Vladimir Druskin , Mikhail Zaslavsky

We present a mimetic finite-difference approach for solving Maxwell's equations in one and two spatial dimensions. After introducing the governing equations and the classical Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method, we describe mimetic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Johnny Corbino

In this paper, a compact alternating direction implicit (ADI) finite difference scheme for the two-dimensional time fractional diffusion-wave equation is developed, with temporal and spatial accuracy order equal to two and four…

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In this paper, we discuss the steady and time-dependent nonlinear convection-diffusion (advection-diffusion) equations with the Dirichlet boundary condition. For the steady nonlinear equation, we use an iteration method to reformulate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Qiwei Feng , Catalin Trenchea

We study the systematic numerical approximation of Maxwell's equations in dispersive media. Two discretization strategies are considered, one based on a traditional leapfrog time integration method and the other based on convolution…

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