Object-oriented design for FDTD visual scientific computing

A scheme for general purposed FDTD visual scientific computing software is introduced in this paper using object-oriented design (ODD) method. By abstracting the parameters of FDTD grids to an individual class and separating from the iteration procedure, the visual software can be adapted to more comprehensive computing problems. Real-time gray degree graphic and wave curve of the results can be achieved using DirectX technique. The special difference equation and data structure in dispersive medium are considered, and the peculiarity of parameters in perfectly matched layer are also discussed.