Abstract
We implement off-grid boundary conditions within Yee's finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method without disturbing the existing uniform mesh or changing the standard FDTD code. Both perfect electric conductor and perfect magnetic conductor walls are considered. Examples of straight, slanted, and curved walls are shown, the latter two being represented by an enhanced staircase approximation. We show that: 1) offsets comparable to the spatial step size lead to instabilities and 2) this issue is easily resolved by stepping into the neighboring cell. The method enhances the flexibility of the FDTD method with respect to complex geometrical domains without reducing the spatial step.
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