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In this paper, the parallel implementation of the stretched coordinate perfectly matched layer (SC-PML) and the wave equation PML (WE-PML) formulations is presented for truncating three-dimensional (3-D) finite difference time domain (FDTD) grids. In the proposed parallel algorithms, the FDTD computational domain is divided into contiguous non-overlapping subdomains using two-dimensional topology and the interprocessor communications between the neighboring subdomains are carried out by using the message passing interface (MPI) system. The performance of the proposed parallel algorithms has been studied by using a point source radiating in 3-D domains and performed on a network of PCs interconnected with Ethernet. It has been observed that the WE-PML parallel algorithm is approximately 2.3 faster than the SC-PML parallel algorithm.
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Ramadan, O., Akaydin, O. Efficient parallel PML algorithms for truncating finite difference time domain simulations. Electr Eng 90, 175–180 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-007-0070-6
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