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The Use of the FDTD Method for Electromagnetic Analysis in the Presence of Indepedently Time-Varying Media

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The suitability of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for electromagnetic modelling in the presence of independently-time-varying materials is investigated. Two examples are given and results compared to those obtained using other theoretical approaches.

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Liu, X., McNamara, D.A. The Use of the FDTD Method for Electromagnetic Analysis in the Presence of Indepedently Time-Varying Media. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 28, 759–778 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-007-9251-7

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