Efficient Finite-Difference Time-Domain Modeling of Time-Varying Dusty Plasma

Abstract

The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method has been widely used for the electromagnetic analysis of dusty plasma sheath in reentering hypersonic vehicles. The time-varying characteristics of dusty plasma should be considered to accurately analyze THz wave propagation in dusty plasma. In this work, we propose an efficient FDTD modeling of time-varying dusty plasma based on the combination of the bilinear transform and the state-space approach. The proposed FDTD formulation for time-varying dusty plasma can lead to a significant improvement in computational efficiency against the conventional shift operator FDTD counterpart while maintaining numerical accuracy. Numerical examples are performed to validate the proposed FDTD modeling of time-varying dusty plasma.

Keywords

• dispersive media
• electromagnetic propagation in plasma media
• finite-difference time-domain (fdtd) method