title: One-step finite-difference time-domain algorithm to solve the Maxwell equations.
abstract: We present a one-step algorithm to solve the time-dependent Maxwell equations for systems with spatially varying permittivity and permeability. We compare the results of this algorithm with those obtained from the Yee algorithm and from unconditionally stable algorithms. We demonstrate that for a range of applications the one-step algorithm may be orders of magnitude more efficient than multiple time-step, finite-difference time-domain algorithms. We discuss both the virtues and limitations of this one-step approach.
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics-Computational Physics, Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4 NL-9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands. deraedt@phys.rug.nl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Raedt
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michielsen
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kole
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Figge