Generalized material-independent PML absorbers for the FDTD simulation of electromagnetic waves in arbitrary anisotropic dielectric and magnetic media

Abstract

To simply and effectively absorb waves propagating in anisotropic materials consisting of both arbitrary permittivity and permeability tensors, generalized material-independent perfectly matched layer (GMIPML) absorbers are proposed. Within the GMIPML absorbers, electric displacement D and flux density B are directly absorbed, whereas electric field E and magnetic field H are simultaneously absorbed through the relations between E and D as well as H and B. The proposed GMIPML absorber is validated by analyzing two-dimensional (2-D) hybrid waves.