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Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations of electromagnetic wave propagation using a spreadsheet

David W. Ward *, Keith A. Nelson
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02139
email: David W. Ward (david@davidward.org)

*Correspondence to David W. Ward, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02139.

Funded by:
National Science Foundation; Grant Number: CHE-0212375
MRSEC; Grant Number: DMR-0213282
Cambridge-MIT Institute; Grant Number: CMI-001

Keywords
electromagnetic simulation ? FDTD ? spreadsheets in education

Abstract
We describe a simple and intuitive implementation of the method of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations for propagating electromagnetic waves using Microsoft Excel. The method overcomes the usual obstacles of unfamiliarity with programming languages as it relies on little more than the cut and paste features of Excel. ? 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 13: 213-221, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20055
Received: 18 March 2005; Accepted: 18 May 2005

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