OPTIMAL ABSORBING BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS

Authors
YEVICK D YU J YAYON Y
Citation
D. Yevick et al., OPTIMAL ABSORBING BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS, Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science,and vision., 12(1), 1995, pp. 107-110
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science,and vision. → ACNP
ISSN journal
10847529
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
107 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
1084-7529(1995)12:1<107:OAB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We examine three simply implemented boundary conditions for finite-dif ference electric field propagation. We find that although so-called tr ansparent boundary conditions are appropriate for highly collimated be ams, properly tailored absorbers are generally better adapted to reali stic field distributions. Our analysis incorporates a simple procedure for constructing nearly optimal absorber functions as well as a novel mixed transparent/absorbing boundary condition.