A TWO-DIMENSIONAL FEM CODE FOR IMPEDANCE CALCULATION IN HIGH FREQUENCY DOMAIN

A new method, using the parabolic equation (PE), for the calculation of both high-frequency impedances of small-angle taper (or collimator) is developed in [1]. One of the most important advantages of the PE approach is that it eliminates the spatial scale of the small wavelength from the problem. As a result, only coarser spatial meshes are needed in calculating the numerical solution of the PE. We developed a new code based on Finite Element Method (FEM) which can handle arbitrary profile of a transition and speed up the calculation by orders of magnitude. As a first step, we completed and benchmarked a two-dimensional code. It can be upgraded to three-dimensional geometry.