Genetic algorithm in reduction of numerical dispersion of 3-D ADI-FDTD method

A new method to reduce the numerical dispersion of the three-dimensional Alternating Direction Implicit Finite-Difference Time-Domain (3-D ADI-FDTD) method is proposed. Firstly, the numerical formulations of the 3-D ADI-FDTD method are modified with the artificial anisotropy, and the new numerical dispersion relation is derived. Secondly, the relative permittivity tensor of the artificial anisotropy can be obtained by the Adaptive Genetic Algorithm (AGA). In order to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of this new method, a monopole antenna is simulated as an example. And the numerical results and the computational requirements of the proposed method are compared with those of the conventional ADI-FDTD method and the measured data. In addition the reduction of the numerical dispersion is investigated as the objective function of the AGA. It is found that this new method is accurate and efficient by choosing proper objective function.