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Abstract

The time-to-frequency-domain conversion is often required in many applications of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. This paper presents a new FDTD time-to-frequencydomain conversion algorithm based on the optimization of nonuniform fast Fourier transform (NUFFT) with several redundancy-reduction techniques. The proposed algorithm can perform the FDTD conversion at multiple desired frequencies without the limitation of uniformly spaced frequencies in the fast Fourier transform (FFT). In addition, with a very low storage cost, the algorithm can be much more efficient than other FDTD conversion techniques if a moderate number of frequencies or more are of interest. This algorithm is very useful for some FDTD applications.

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Dr. Yan Hui Liu

Prof. Qing Huo Liu

Professor Zai-Ping Nie