Block algorithms of a simultaneous difference solution of d’Alembert's and Maxwell's equations
Yablokova L.V., Golovashkin D.L.

Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia,
Image Processing Systems Institute оf RAS – Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Samara, Russia

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Abstract:
The work is devoted to the synthesis of block algorithms of the FDTD method. In particular, the simultaneous difference solution of d’Alembert's and Maxwell's equations is considered. Accounting for the computer memory hierarchical structure allows the calculation time to be reduced up to six times when compared with the known software implementations of the method.

Keywords:
FDTD-method, block algorithms, computational speed-up.

Citation:
Yablokova LV, Golovashkin DL. Block algorithms of a simultaneous difference solution of d’Alembert's and Maxwell's equations. Computer Optics 2018; 42(2): 320-327. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-2018-42-2-320-327.

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