Computational Electromagnetics<U+0080>́<U+0094>Retrospective and Outlook In Honor of Wolfgang J.R. Hoefer

The book will cover the past, present and future developments of field theory and computational electromagnetics. The first two chapters will give an overview of the historical developments and the present the state-of-the-art in computational electromagnetics. These two chapters will set the stage for discussing recent progress, new developments, challenges, trends and major directions in computational electromagnetics with three main emphases: a. Modeling of ever larger structures with multi-scale dimensions and multi-level descriptions (behavioral, circuit, network and field levels) and transient behaviours b. Inclusions of physical effects other than electromagnetic: quantum effects, thermal effects, mechanical effects and nano scale features c. New developments in available computer hardware, programming paradigms (MPI, Open MP, CUDA and Open CL) and the associated new modeling approaches These are the current emerging topics in the area of computational electromagnetics and may provide readers a comprehensive overview of future trends and directions in the area. The book is written for students, research scientists, professors, design engineers and consultants who engaged in the fields of design, analysis and research of the emerging technologies related to computational electromagnetics, RF/microwave, optimization, new numerical methods, as well as accelerator simulator, dispersive materials, nano-antennas, nano-waveguide, nano-electronics, terahertz applications, bio-medical and material sciences. The book may also be used for those involved in commercializing electromagnetic and related emerging technologies, sensors and the semiconductor industry. The book can be used as a reference book for graduates and post graduates. It can also be used as a text book for workshops and continuing education for researchers and design engineers. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Fifty Years of Research in Electromagnetics: A Voyage Back in Time....Pages 1-27 Some Remarks on the Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) Method and Its Application to Transient EM Fields and to EMC Problems....Pages 29-56 LTCC-Based Multilayer Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Lines for Super-Compact Distributed Circuits....Pages 57-83 Unconditionally Stable Fundamental Alternating Direction Implicit FDTD Method for Dispersive Media....Pages 85-115 Evaluation of the Transient Performance of Super-Wideband Printed-Circuit Antennas Using Time-Domain Electromagnetics....Pages 117-138 Conformal and Multi-scale Time-Domain Methods: From Unstructured Meshes to Meshless Discretisations....Pages 139-165 A Mortar Element Method for the Electric Field Integral Equation on Sheets and Junctions....Pages 167-184 Time Domain Modeling and Simulation from Nanoelectronics to Nanophotonics....Pages 185-223 Boundary Modeling and High-Order Convergence in Finite-Difference Methods....Pages 225-243 A Hybrid MRTD–FDTD Technique for Efficient Field Computation....Pages 245-278 Parametric Modeling of EM Behavior Using Neural Networks....Pages 279-293 Design and Implementation of MEFiSTo-2D Classic Plus....Pages 295-319