Time-domain formulation of cold plasma based on mass-lumped finite elements

W. Tierens, D. De Zutter

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Abstract

Recent advances in FDTD simulations of simple dielectrics have opened the possibility of various forms of local refinement [1]. These possibilities are based on writing FDTD as a special case of a finite element technique. We have shown [3] that these techniques can be extended to Body-Of-Revolution (BOR) FDTD which is well-suited for modelling toroidal cavities. Further extending this technique to the time-domain modelling of plasmas presents difficulties: The classical "Whitney" basis-functions (and their analogues in toroidal geometries) are insufficiently smooth to be used as "testing" functions the time-domain constitutive equations of cold plasma [2]. In this paper, we present a set of basis-functions that can be used to write time-domain cold plasma as a mass lumped finite element scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRadio Frequency Power in Plasmas - Proceedings of the 19th Topical Conference
Pages381-384
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event19th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas - Newport, RI, United States
Duration: Jun 1 2011Jul 3 2011

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1406
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference19th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNewport, RI
Period06/1/1107/3/11

Keywords

  • Cold plasma
  • Finite Element
  • Time domain

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