Stability and convergence analysis of a domain decomposition FE/FD method for the Maxwell's equations in time domain

Abstract: Stability and convergence analysis for the domain decomposition finite element/finite difference (FE/FD) method is presented. The analysis is designed for semi-discrete finite element scheme for the time-dependent Maxwell's equations. The explicit finite element schemes in different settings of the spatial domain are constructed and domain decomposition algorithm is formulated. Several numerical examples validate convergence rates obtained in the theoretical studies.