Acta mathematica scientia,Series A ›› 2013, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 1178-1188.

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The Interior Transmission Problem for Isotropic Maxwell Equations and Some Estimates on the Index of Refraction

 QU Feng-Long, LI Xi-Liang   

  1. School of Mathematics and Informational Science, Yantai University, Shandong Yantai 264005; College of Mathematics and Information Sciences, Shandong Institute of Business and Technology, Shandong |Yantai  |264005
  • Received:2012-03-18 Revised:2013-01-15 Online:2013-12-25 Published:2013-12-25
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金(11201402, 11201266)和天元基金(11026098, 11026150)资助

Abstract:

We consider the scattering of time-harmonic electromagnetic waves by a bounded, penetrable, inhomogeneous,
isotropic obstacle covered with a thin layer of high conductivity. Such penetrable obstacle problems lead to the so called interior transmission problem. By using a variational argument, the well-posedness of the corresponding interior transmission problem is established, which extends the results of [1] to the conductive boundary value problem case. Under the assumption that the shape and location of the scatter has been determined, we proceed with some estimates on the index of refraction based on the use of the transmission eigenvalues, the radius of the scatter and the first

Maxwell eigenvalue of the curlcurl operator corresponding to the medium, which extends the results in [2].

Key words: Well-posedness, Maxwell equations, Interior transmission problem, Transmission eigenvalues, Index of refraction

CLC Number: 

  • 35P25
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