Abstract
The locally one-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (LOD-FDTD) method is a promising implicit technique for solving Maxwell's equations in numerical electromagnetics. This paper describes an efficient message passing interface (MPI)-parallel implementation of the LOD-FDTD method for Debye-dispersive media. Its computational efficiency is demonstrated to be superior to that of the parallel ADI-FDTD method. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed parallel algorithm in the simulation of a bio-electromagnetic problem: the deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the human body. © 1963-2012 IEEE.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6683029 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1330-1338 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 12 Dec 2013 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Distributed memory systems
- electromagnetic fields
- electromagnetic propagation in dispersive media
- finite-difference methods
- numerical analysis
- parallel programming
- time-domain analysis