Why Isn't My Debye Medium Wave Simulation Producing Expected Results?

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The discussion focuses on troubleshooting a simulation of electromagnetic wave propagation in a Debye medium, highlighting issues with expected results. Participants inquire about the frequency range, the meaning of "one dimension," and the user's familiarity with simulation software like ANSYS and COMSOL. The user shares their code, indicating potential problems with the absorbing boundary conditions. The conversation emphasizes the importance of clarifying the setup and ensuring proper implementation of simulation parameters for accurate results.
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Welcome to PF.

What have you found in your Google searching so far? What frequency range do you need to simulate? What do you mean by "one dimension"? Can you show a sketch of the setup that you want to simulate?

Have you looked at standard simulation packages like ANSYS and COMSOL? Are you a university student currently? If so, do you have access to student versions of those simulation packages?



If you are not a student, what is this project for?
 
Ok. I will try to be more explicit. I try to simulate a debye the propagation of electromagnetic wave in a debye medium with this code below. But i have trouble, i don’t have expected result and i don’t wich is the problem. I think that the absorbing boundary condition don’t work correct lu.

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Code:
Program debyeformulation;
Const
    size=200;
Var
     dz: array[0..size-1] of real;
     ez: array[0..size-1] of real;
     hx: array[0..size-2] of real;
     ga: array[0..size-1] of real;
     gb: array[0..size-1] of real;
     gc: array[0..size-1] of real;
     ix: array[0..size-1] of real;
     sx: array[0..size-1] of real;
     Time,maxTime,i:integer;
     dx,dt,epsz,epsilon,sigma:real;
     t0, spread, pulse:real;
     tau,hi ;
     ezl1,ezl2,ezh1, ezh2:real;
     monfichier:text;
begin
     assign(monfichier,'debyeformul100.txt');
     rewrite(monfichier);
     dx :=0.01; dt:=dx/6e8; epsz:=8.8e-12;
     for i:=0 to size-1 do
     begin
            ga[i]:=1.0; gb[i]:=0.0; gc[i]:=0.0; dz[i]:=0.0; ez[i]:=0.0; hx[i]:=0.0; ix[i]:=0.0; sx[i]:=0.0;
     end;
     
     ezl1:=0.0;  ezl2:=0.0; ezh1:=0.0; ezh2:=0.0;
     epsilon:=2.0; sigma:=0.01; hi:=2.0; tau:=0.001;
     for i:=100 to size-1 do
     begin
            ga[i]:=1.0/(epsilon+sigma*dt/epsz+hi*dt/tau);
            gb[i]:= sigma*dt/epsz;
            gc[i]:= hi*dt/tau;
     end;
     for i:=0 to size-1 do
     begin
           writeln(i,'',ga[i]:6:2,'',gb[i]:6:2,'',gc[i]:6:2);
     end;
    maxTime:=100; t0:=50.0; spread:=10.0;
    for Time:=0 to maxTime-1 do
    begin
          for i:=1 to size-2 do
          begin
                dz[i]:=dz[i]+0.5*(hx[i-1]-hx[i]);
          end;
              pulse:=exp(-0.5*(Time-t0)*(Time-t0)/spread);
              dz[5]:=dz[5]+pulse;
          for i:=1 to size-2 do
              begin
                     ez[i]:=ga[i]*(dz[i]-ix[i]-sx[i]);
                     ix[i]:=ix[i]+gb[i]*ez[i];
                     sx[i]:= exp(-dt/tau) *sx[i]+gc[i]*ez[i];

              end;
             ez[0]:= ezl2;
             ezl2:= ezl1;
             ezl1:= ez[1];
             ez[size-1]:= ezh2;
             ezh2 :=ezh1
             ezh1 :=ez[size-2] ;
             for i:=0 to size-1 do
             begin
                  hx[i]:=hx[i]+0.5*(ez[i]-ez[i+1]);
             end;

      end;
      for i:=0 to size-1 do
      begin
            write(monfichier,i,' ',ez[i]:1:3);
            writeln(monfichier);
      end;
         close(monfichier);
      readln;
end.
 

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