Application of signal-processing techniques to reduce the errors related to the FDTD excitations

Abstract

A study on the reduction of the errors related to the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) excitations was performed by employing signal-processing techniques. Plane-wave scattering problems were simulated. The improvements in both plane-wave and finite-source excitation schemes were demonstrated. The result showed that a visible DC offset value was exhibited even after five periods of the incident wave.