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The time-domain Cartesian multipole expansion of electromagnetic fields

Le Boudec, Elias  
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Kasmi, Chaouki
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Mora Parra, Nicolas  
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January 10, 2024
Scientific Reports

Time-domain solutions of Maxwell’s equations in homogeneous and isotropic media are paramount to studying transient or broadband phenomena. However, analytical solutions are generally unavailable for practical applications, while numerical solutions are computationally intensive and require significant memory. Semi-analytical solutions (e.g., series expansion), such as those provided by the current theoretical framework of the multipole expansion, can be discouraging for practical case studies. This paper shows how sophisticated mathematical tools standard in modern physics can be leveraged to find semi-analytical solutions for arbitrary localized time-varying current distributions thanks to the novel time-domain Cartesian multipole expansion. We present the theory, apply it to a concrete application involving the imaging of an intricate current distribution, and verify our results with an existing analytical approach. Thanks to the concept of current “pixels” introduced in this paper, we derive time-domain semi-analytical solutions of Maxwell’s equations for arbitrary planar geometries.

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DOI
10.1038/s41598-024-58570-1
Author(s)
Le Boudec, Elias  
Kasmi, Chaouki
Mora Parra, Nicolas  
Rachidi-Haeri, Farhad  
Radici, Emanuela
Rubinstein, Marcos
Vega, Felix
Date Issued

2024-01-10

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Published in
Scientific Reports
Volume

14

Issue

1

Subjects

Electromagnetic radiation

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Multipole expansion

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Partial differential equations

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Maxwell's equations

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January 12, 2024
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