Time-Domain Finite Element Methods for Maxwell's Equations in Metamaterials

by Li, Jichun; Huang, Yunqing

• ISBN13: 9783642337888
• ISBN10: 3642337880
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-12-14
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

The purpose of this book is to provide an up-to-date introduction to the time-domain finite element methods for Maxwell's equations involving metamaterials. Since the first successful construction of a metamaterial with both negative permittivity and permeability in 2000, the study of metamaterials has attracted great attention of researchers across many disciplines. With the enormous effort by engineers and physicists, metamaterials present great potential applications in antenna and radar design, sub-wavelength imaging, and invisibility cloak design. Hence efficient simulation of electromagnetic phenomena in metamaterials becomes a very important issue, which is the subject of this book. Various metamaterial modeling equations are introduced and justified mathematically. Development and practical implementation of edge finite element methods for metamaterial Maxwell's equations are the main focuses of the book. The book finishes with some interesting simulations such as backward wave propagation, and time-domain cloaking with metamaterials.