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The computational efficiency of the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method can be significantly reduced by the presence of complex objects with fine features. Small geometrical details impose a fine mesh and a reduced time step,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Xinyue Zhang , Fadime Bekmambetova , Piero Triverio

We present the first numerical construction of the scalar Schwarzschild Green function in the time-domain, which reveals several universal features of wave propagation in black hole spacetimes. We demonstrate the trapping of energy near the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-27 Anıl Zenginoğlu , Chad R. Galley

Time-dependent nonequilibrium Green's functions (TDNEGF) are shown to provide a flexible, effective tool for the description of quantum mechanical single particle scattering on a spatially localized, time-dependent potential. Focusing on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-07 Peter Foldi

The Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method is a widely used numerical technique for solving Maxwell's equations, particularly in computational electromagnetics and photonics. It enables accurate modeling of wave propagation in complex…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Yifei He , Måns I. Andersson , Stefano Markidis

A more accurate, stable, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) algorithm is developed for simulating Maxwell's equations with isotropic or anisotropic dielectric materials. This algorithm is in many cases more accurate than previous…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Gregory R. Werner , Carl A. Bauer , John R. Cary

Quantitative descriptions of strongly correlated materials pose a considerable challenge in condensed matter physics and chemistry. A promising approach to address this problem is quantum embedding methods. In particular, the dynamical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 Rihito Sakurai , Wataru Mizukami , Hiroshi Shinaoka

This paper introduces a fast algorithm, applicable throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, for the numerical solution of problems of scattering by periodic surfaces in two-dimensional space. The proposed algorithm remains highly accurate…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-05-25 Oscar Bruno , Martín Maas

A fast and stable numerical method is formulated to compute the time evolution of a wave function in a magnetic field by solving the time-dependent Schroedinger equation. This computational method is based on the finite element method in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Naoki Watanabe , Masaru Tsukada

We investigate the wave optics in the Schwarzschild spacetime. Applying the standard formalism of wave scattering problems, the Green function represented by the sum over the partial waves is evaluated using the Poisson sum formula. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-23 Yasusada Nambu , Sousuke Noda

A finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) modelling of finite-size zero thickness space-time modulated Huygens' metasurfaces based on Generalized Sheet Transition Conditions (GSTCs), is proposed and numerically demonstrated. A typical…

Optics · Physics 2017-01-06 Scott A. Stewart , Tom J. Smy , Shulabh Gupta

The scattering of electromagnetic pulses is described using a non-singular boundary integral method to solve directly for the field components in the frequency domain, and Fourier transform is then used to obtain the complete space-time…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-19 Evert Klaseboer , Qiang Sun , Derek Y. C. Chan

A parallel dispersive finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for the modeling of three-dimensional (3-D) electromagnetic cloaking structures is presented in this paper. The permittivity and permeability of the cloak are mapped to the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Yan Zhao , Yang Hao

The retarded Green function of a wave equation on a 4-dimensional curved background spacetime is a (generalized) function of two spacetime points and diverges when these are connected by a null geodesic. The Hadamard form makes explicit the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-17 Marc Casals , Brien Nolan

A unified equation is employed to analytically investigate the scattering of massless spin particles by a Schwarzschild-type medium black hole. It is found that for spin particles, curved spacetime induces an effective complex potential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-29 Zhong-Heng Li

We formulate a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) approach to simulate electromagnetic wave scattering from scatterers embedded in layered dielectric or dispersive media. At the heart of our approach is a derivation of an equivalent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Lingxiao Zhang , Tamar Seideman

This article is devoted problems of electromagnetic interaction in curved spacetime. Such problems exist, in particular, when we investigate electromagnetic quantum processes near black holes. The generalization of reduction formalism…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-17 Yuriy Ostapov

In this work, we apply the Cole's non-standard form of the FDTD to solve the time dependent Schr\"odinger equation. We deduce the equations for the non-standard FDTD considering an electronic wave function in the presence of potentials…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-09-29 José Manuel Nápoles-Duarte , Marco Antonio Chavez-Rojo

The 'retarded' Green function for fields propagating on a Schwarzschild black hole spacetime possesses a branch cut on the complex frequency plane. Classically, the branch cut is important, for example, in order to fully determine the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-30 Marc Casals , Adrian C. Ottewill

We utilize the domain integral equation formulation to simulate two-dimensional transverse electric scattering in a homogeneous medium and a summation of modulated Gaussian functions to approximate the dual Gabor window. Then we apply Ewald…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-04 Xinyang Lua , M. C. van Beurdenb , Qingbiao Wua

The electromagnetic Green's function is a crucial ingredient for the theoretical study of modern photonic quantum devices, but is often difficult or even impossible to calculate directly. We present a numerically efficient framework for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Robert Meiners Fuchs , Juanjuan Ren , Stephen Hughes , Marten Richter