Electromagnetic field simulator and electromagnetic field simulating program product

1. An electromagnetic field simulator for repeatedly calculating a distribution of an electromagnetic field in a 3-dimensional space, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the processor configured to execute a process including:

first calculating, using a finite-difference time-domain method, a distribution of an electric field component of the electromagnetic field and a distribution of a magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at a first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at a previous, second point in time on the 3-dimensional space,

second calculating, using the finite-difference time-domain method, distributions of the electric field components of TM mode and TE mode of the electromagnetic field and distributions of TM mode and TE mode of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at the first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at the second point in time on a 2-dimensional space on a cut plane obtained by cutting the 3-dimensional space by a plane,

setting an excitation condition of generating an electromagnetic wave in the 3-dimensional space by using a calculation result of said second calculating the distribution of the electric field component of the electromagnetic field and the distribution of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at the first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at the second point in time, and

third calculating a distribution of the electromagnetic field generating an electromagnetic wave by forcibly vibrating the electromagnetic field in a part of the 3-dimensional space by using the calculation result of each mode calculated by said second calculating as the excitation condition, wherein:

said first calculating, said second calculating, said setting, and said third calculating are repeatedly performed by using the excitation condition, and

a 2-dimensional electric field calculation of said second calculating is performed first, a 3-dimensional electric field calculation of said first calculating is performed next, then a 2-dimensional magnetic field calculation of said second calculating is performed, and finally a 3-dimensional magnetic field calculation of said first calculating is performed.

2. The simulator according to claim 1 , wherein:

said third calculating calculates the distribution of the electromagnetic field on an excitation plane for vibrating the electromagnetic field on six planes forming a rectangular parallelepiped;

said second calculating calculates the distribution of the electric field component of the electromagnetic field and the distribution of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field in the 2-dimensional space on the cut plane obtained by cutting the 3-dimensional space by a parallel plane to any of the six excitation planes; and

said setting refers to a result of said second calculating, and sets the excitation condition of two parallel excitation planes to the cut plane.

3. The simulator according to claim 1 , wherein:

said second calculating calculates the distribution of the electric field component of the electromagnetic field and the distribution of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field on the cut plane, which obtained by cutting the 3-dimensional space by a parallel plane to an incident plane defined by a normal of a reflection plane arranged in the 3-dimensional space and a wave number vector of an electromagnetic wave impinging on the reflection plane arranged; and

said setting sets an excitation condition on a parallel excitation plane to the incident plane by using a calculation result of said second calculating.

4. The simulator according to claim 1 , wherein: said first calculating and said second calculating respectively calculate the distribution of the electric field component of the electromagnetic field and the distribution of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field in the 3-dimensional space and the distribution of the electric field component of the electromagnetic field and the distribution of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field in the 2-dimensional space at a same point in time; and

said setting sets an excitation condition of said third calculating by using the calculation result of said second calculating.

5. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing an electromagnetic field simulating program for repeatedly calculating a space distribution of an electromagnetic field in a 3-dimensional space, the electromagnetic field simulating program causing a computer to perform a process comprising:

first calculating, using a finite-difference time-domain method, a distribution of an electric field component of the electromagnetic field and a distribution of a magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at a first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at a previous, second point in time on the 3-dimensional space;

second calculating, using the finite-difference time-domain method, distributions of the electric field components of TM mode and TE mode of the electromagnetic field and distributions of TM mode and TE mode of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at the first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at the second point in time on a 2-dimensional space on a cut plane obtained by cutting the 3-dimensional space by a plane;

setting an excitation condition of generating an electromagnetic wave in the 3-dimensional space by using a calculation result of said second calculating the distribution of the electric field component of the electromagnetic field and the distribution of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at the first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at the second point in time; and

third calculating a distribution of the electromagnetic field generating an electromagnetic wave in the 3-dimensional space by forcibly vibrating the electromagnetic field in a part of the 3-dimensional space by using a calculation result of each mode calculated by said second calculating as the excitation condition, wherein:

said first calculating, said second calculating, said setting, and said third calculating are repeatedly performed by using the excitation condition, and

a 2-dimensional electric field calculation of said second calculating is performed first, a 3-dimensional electric field calculation of said first calculating is performed next, then a 2-dimensional magnetic field calculation of said second calculating is performed, and finally a 3-dimensional magnetic field calculation of said first calculating is performed.

6. A method for repeatedly calculating a distribution of an electromagnetic field in a 3-dimensional space, comprising:

first calculating, using a finite-difference time-domain method by a central processing unit, a distribution of an electric field component of the electromagnetic field and a distribution of a magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at a first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at a previous, second point in time on the 3-dimensional space;

second calculating, using the finite-difference time-domain method by the central processing unit, distributions of the electric field components of TM mode and TE mode of the electromagnetic field and distributions of TM mode and TE mode of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at the first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at the second point in time on a 2-dimensional space on a cut plane obtained by cutting the 3-dimensional space by a plane;

setting, using the central processing unit, an excitation condition of generating an electromagnetic wave in the 3-dimensional space by using a calculation result said second of calculating the distribution of the electric field component of the electromagnetic field and the distribution of the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic field at the first point in time using the distribution of electromagnetic field at the second point in time; and

third calculating, using the central processing unit, a distribution of the electromagnetic field generating an electromagnetic wave in the 3-dimensional space by forcibly vibrating the electromagnetic field in a part of the 3-dimensional space by using the calculation result of each mode calculated by said second calculating as the excitation condition, wherein:

said first calculating, said second calculating, said setting, and said third calculating are repeatedly performed by using the excitation condition, and

a 2-dimensional electric field calculation of said second calculating is performed first, a 3-dimensional electric field calculation of said first calculating is performed next, then a 2-dimensional magnetic field calculation of said second calculating is performed, and finally a 3-dimensional magnetic field calculation of said first calculating is performed.