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This paper proposes a finite element method for solving the periodic steady-state problem for the scalar-valued and vector-valued Poisson equations, a simple reduction model of the Maxwell equations under the Coulomb gauge. Introducing a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-13 Masaru Miyashita , Norikazu Saito

We present a Heterogeneous Multiscale Method for the Landau-Lifshitz equation with a highly oscillatory diffusion coefficient, a simple model for a ferromagnetic composite. A finite element macro scheme is combined with a finite difference…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-23 Lena Leitenmaier , Murtazo Nazarov

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-08 Chupeng Ma , Liqun Cao

The paper introduces a new finite element numerical method for the solution of partial differential equations on evolving domains. The approach uses a completely Eulerian description of the domain motion. The physical domain is embedded in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-03 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Maxim A. Olshanskii

We describe and evaluate a numerical solution strategy for simulating surface acoustic waves through semiconductor devices with complex geometries. This multi-physics problem is of particular relevance to the design of quantum electronic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Rahman , H. P. Langtangen , C. H. W. Barnes

In this paper, we analyze and provide numerical illustrations for a moving finite element method applied to convection-dominated, time-dependent partial differential equations. We follow a method of lines approach and utilize an underlying…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-30 Randolph E. Bank , Maximilian S. Metti

In recent years, an increasing attention has been paid to quantum heterostructures with tailored functionalities, such as heterojunctions and quantum matematerials, in which quantum dynamics of electrons can be described by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Jingrun Chen , Dingjiong Ma , Zhiwen Zhang

We study the valence electron of an alkaline atom or a general charged particle with arbitrary spin and with magnetic moment moving in a rotating magnetic field. By using a time-dependent unitary transformation, the Schr\"odinger equation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Qiong-gui Lin

A matrix inverse free method to solve time-dependent Schrodinger equation is presented. The method is not subject to form of Hamiltonian and adopting real space grid system such as structured and unstructured grid, and achieves the order N…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Katsuhiro Watanabe , Akihito Kikuchi

Error estimates are proved for finite element approximations to the solution of second-order hyperbolic partial differential equations with coefficients varying in both space and time. Optimal rates of convergence in the energy norm are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Oussama Al Jarroudi , Marcus J. Grote

An efficient method for the calculation of ferromagnetic resonant modes of magnetic structures is presented. Finite-element discretization allows flexible geometries and location dependent material parameters. The resonant modes can be used…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 Florian Bruckner , Massimiliano d'Aquino , Claudio Serpico , Claas Abert , Christoph Vogler , Dieter Suess

We examine several numerical techniques for the calculation of the dynamics of quantum systems. In particular, we single out an iterative method which is based on expanding the time evolution operator into a finite series of Chebyshev…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 Holger Fehske , Jens Schleede , Gerald Schubert , Gerhard Wellein , Vladimir S. Filinov , Alan R. Bishop

A finite element approach to solve numerically the Takagi-Taupin equations expressed in a weak form is presented and applied to simulate X-ray reflectivity curves, spatial intensity distributions and focusing properties of bent perfect…

The quantum dynamics of an electron in a uniform magnetic field is studied for geometries corresponding to integrable cases. We obtain the uniform asymptotic approximation of the WKB energies and wavefunctions for the semi-infinite plane…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Spehner , R. Narevich , E. Akkermans

We introduce a surface finite element method for the numerical solution of Navier-Stokes equations on evolving surfaces with a prescribed deformation of the surface in normal direction. The method is based on approaches for the full surface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-16 Veit Krause , Eric Kunze , Axel Voigt

A general method for numerical computation of the thermal density matrix of a single-particle quantum system is presented. The Schrodinger equation in imaginary time tau is solved numerically by the finite difference time domain (FDTD)…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-02-12 I. Wayan Sudiarta , D. J. Wallace Geldart

We develop a finite volume method for Maxwell's equations in materials whose electromagnetic properties vary in space and time. We investigate both conservative and non-conservative numerical formulations. High-order methods accurately…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-07-25 Damian P. San Roman Alerigi , David I. Ketcheson , Boon S. Ooi

In this note we discuss the numerical solution of the eddy current approximation of the Maxwell equations using the simple Pragmatic Algebraic Model to include hysteresis effects. In addition to the more standard time-stepping approach we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-17 Mario Gobrial , Lukas Domenig , Michael Reichelt , Manfred Kaltenbacher , Olaf Steinbach

Finite element methods provide accurate and efficient methods for the numerical solution of partial differential equations by means of restricting variational problems to finite-dimensional approximating spaces. However, they do not…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Robert C. Kirby , John D. Stephens

One of the unitary forms of the quantum mechanical time evolution operator is given by Cayley's approximation. A numerical implementation of the same involves the replacement of second derivatives in Hamiltonian with the three-point…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-07 Ankit Kumar