A 3-D Stochastic FDTD Algorithm for Wave Propagation in Isotropic Cold Plasma Medium Based on Bilinear Transform

In this paper, a 3-D stochastic finite-difference time-domain algorithm is developed for simulating wave propagation in isotropic cold plasma medium by using the bilinear transform (BT) technique. The proposed algorithm has a simple formulation and is very easy to apply to isotropic dispersive material. It efficiently calculates the mean value and standard deviation of electromagnetic field components caused by the variability or uncertainty of the plasma's electron density and collision frequency. The stretched coordinate perfectly matched layer (SC-PML) with a complex-frequency-shifted factor is implemented as the absorbing boundary condition, and the BT technique is also incorporated into the SC-PML. Numerical examples are shown to demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method.