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A convolution quadrature method for Maxwell's equations in dispersive media

Numerical Analysis 2020-04-02 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

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 quadrature. The two schemes are proven to be equivalent and to preserve the underlying energy-dissipation structure of the problem. The second approach, however, is independent of the number of internal states and allows to handle rather general dispersive materials. Using ideas of fast-and-oblivious convolution quadrature, the method can be implemented efficiently.

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@article{arxiv.2004.00359,
  title  = {A convolution quadrature method for Maxwell's equations in dispersive media},
  author = {Jürgen Dölz and Herbert Egger and Vsevolod Shashkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.00359},
  year   = {2020}
}
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