Higher order convergence of perfectly matched layers in 3D bi-periodic surface scattering problems

TL;DR

This paper proves that the perfectly matched layer (PML) method exhibits high order convergence in 3D bi-periodic surface scattering problems, extending previous 2D results and demonstrating exponential convergence for certain wave numbers.

Contribution

The paper extends the convergence analysis of PML from 2D to 3D bi-periodic problems and establishes higher order convergence rates for larger wave numbers.

Findings

Exponential convergence of PML for wave numbers less than 0.5.

Higher order convergence rates for larger wave numbers.

Extension of 2D results to 3D bi-periodic surface scattering problems.

Abstract

The perfectly matched layer (PML) is a very popular tool in the truncation of wave scattering in unbounded domains. In Chandler-Wilde & Monk et al. 2009, the author proposed a conjecture that for scattering problems with rough surfaces, the PML converges exponentially with respect to the PML parameter in any compact subset. In the author's previous paper (Zhang et al. 2022), this result has been proved for periodic surfaces in two dimensional spaces, when the wave number is not a half integer. In this paper, we prove that the method has a high order convergence rate in the 3D bi-periodic surface scattering problems. We extend the 2D results and prove that the exponential convergence still holds when the wavenumber is smaller than $0.5$. For lareger wavenumbers, although exponential convergence is no longer proved, we are able to prove that a higher order convergence for the PML method.