Efficient preconditioner for the finite-element boundary integral analysis of electromagnetic scattering in the half space

Abstract

In this study, the finite-element boundary integral (FE-BI) method is applied to analyse the electromagnetic scattering from arbitrary objects in the half-space environment. Combined with the real image method to approximate the half-space Green's function, the half-space FE-BI can be extended for electrically large problems by the fast multipole method. An efficient preconditioner is constructed with both the finite-element matrix and the near-field part of the boundary integral equation operator for the FE-BI analysis. The numerical examples demonstrate that this preconditioner is efficient for electromagnetic scattering in the half space.