openFDTD

An open source program to simulate electromagnetic signals and interactions with materials.

Overview

The simulations employ the FDTD method, on a staggered grid as formulated by Kane S. Yee.

The following dependencies are required to render the GUI.

In order to run this program, clone the repository and from the top directory run:

cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build/

The binary file openFDTD is generated in the project's bin directory.


1D FDTD with TFSF, material, and 1st order Mur ABC

One dimension
- Simple propagation
- Simple Mur boundary conditions
- Total Field - Scattered Field formulation
- Materials in grid
- Automatic calculation of required parameters
- Specral analysis
- Lossy materials
- More sophisticated boundary conditions
Two dimension
Three dimension
- Implement a mesher for 3D objects (ex: .stl file to cubic grid)
General
- Create a GUI