A universal framework for non-deteriorating time-domain numerical algorithms in Maxwell’s electrodynamics

Abstract

We present the implementation of the Lacuna method, that removes a key diffculty that currently hampers many existing methods for computing unsteady electromagnetic waves on unbounded regions. Numerical accuracy and/or stability may deterio-rate over long times due to the treatment of artificial outer boundaries. We describe a developed universal algorithm and software that correct this problem by employing the Huygens’ principle and lacunae of Maxwell’s equations.The algorithm provides a temporally uniform guaranteed error bound (no deterioration at all), and the software will enable robust electromagnetic simulations in a high-performance computing environment. The methodology applies to any geometry, any scheme, and any boundary condition. It eliminates the long-time deterioration regardless of its origin and how it manifests itself. In retrospect, the lacunae method was first proposed by V. Ryaben’kii and subsequently developed by S. Tsynkov.We have completed development of an innovative numerical methodology for high fidelity error-controlled modeling of a broad variety of electromagnetic and other wave phenomena. Proof-of-concept 3D computations have been conducted that con-vincingly demonstrate the feasibility and effciency of the proposed approach. Our algorithms are being implemented as robust commercial software tools in a standalone module to be combined with existing numerical schemes in several widely used computational electromagnetic codes.