peponas
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I would like to simulate a waveguide.
First of all I haven't implement a pml layer, so reflections at pec walls (Transverse Planes of the Waveguide) are expected to be observed. I manually set the tangential Electric field at z=0 (which is not calculated using FDTD update equations) according to a drive function (sinusoidal or pulsed) in time and a specific mode distribution in space.I've already told that this approach equals to a sinusoidal boundary condition, and not source implementation (at z=0 I have an explicitly value of the field where at z=L field is zero) so I get the steady state, if I observe the time signal near the PEC wall at the end of the waveguide. I have also excite only with the tangential electric field components. Another approach is to add the desired field value to the already calculated one (soft source) and eliminate the problem of two different boundary conditions (PEC and sinusoidal). But, in both ways, I don't see an "explosion" in time signal amplitude. I assume that amplitude should have increased due to reflections on both ends because waveguide is essentially a cavity. I import power by setting the field values both ways (hard and soft source) but I don't get an amplitude rise at all, but rather a "steady state" of the system. So my question is...
How can I import power in fdtd scheme, using an excitation source, in a closed cavity, and see the physical expected value?
First of all I haven't implement a pml layer, so reflections at pec walls (Transverse Planes of the Waveguide) are expected to be observed. I manually set the tangential Electric field at z=0 (which is not calculated using FDTD update equations) according to a drive function (sinusoidal or pulsed) in time and a specific mode distribution in space.I've already told that this approach equals to a sinusoidal boundary condition, and not source implementation (at z=0 I have an explicitly value of the field where at z=L field is zero) so I get the steady state, if I observe the time signal near the PEC wall at the end of the waveguide. I have also excite only with the tangential electric field components. Another approach is to add the desired field value to the already calculated one (soft source) and eliminate the problem of two different boundary conditions (PEC and sinusoidal). But, in both ways, I don't see an "explosion" in time signal amplitude. I assume that amplitude should have increased due to reflections on both ends because waveguide is essentially a cavity. I import power by setting the field values both ways (hard and soft source) but I don't get an amplitude rise at all, but rather a "steady state" of the system. So my question is...
How can I import power in fdtd scheme, using an excitation source, in a closed cavity, and see the physical expected value?
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