Finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD) was used to simulate the coupling
processes of ultra-wide-band (UWB) electromagnetic pulses into a cavity with a slot, and an
anisotropic perfectly matched layer (PML) absorbing medium was inserted to truncate the
computational lattices. According to the symmetry of the object and examining the special nodes of
grids, the effectiveness of UWB pulses coupling into the whole cavity with a slot was obtained. The
results show that the uniaxial PML is a suitable absorbing boundary condition for computing the
problems of pulses coupling into slots.