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T-coercivity for scalar interface problems between dielectrics and metamaterials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2012

Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Ben Dhia
Affiliation:
Laboratoire POEMS, UMR 7231 CNRS/ENSTA/INRIA, ENSTA ParisTech, 32, boulevard Victor, 75739 Paris Cedex 15, France. anne-sophie.bonnet-bendhia@ensta-paristech.fr; lucas.chesnel@ensta-paristech.fr; patrick.ciarlet@ensta-paristech.fr
Lucas Chesnel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire POEMS, UMR 7231 CNRS/ENSTA/INRIA, ENSTA ParisTech, 32, boulevard Victor, 75739 Paris Cedex 15, France. anne-sophie.bonnet-bendhia@ensta-paristech.fr; lucas.chesnel@ensta-paristech.fr; patrick.ciarlet@ensta-paristech.fr
Patrick Ciarlet Jr.
Affiliation:
Laboratoire POEMS, UMR 7231 CNRS/ENSTA/INRIA, ENSTA ParisTech, 32, boulevard Victor, 75739 Paris Cedex 15, France. anne-sophie.bonnet-bendhia@ensta-paristech.fr; lucas.chesnel@ensta-paristech.fr; patrick.ciarlet@ensta-paristech.fr

Abstract

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Some electromagnetic materials have, in a given frequency range, an effective dielectric permittivity and/or a magnetic permeability which are real-valued negative coefficients when dissipation is neglected. They are usually called metamaterials. We study a scalar transmission problem between a classical dielectric material and a metamaterial, set in an open, bounded subset of Rd, with d = 2,3. Our aim is to characterize occurences where the problem is well-posed within the Fredholm (or coercive + compact) framework. For that, we build some criteria, based on the geometry of the interface between the dielectric and the metamaterial. The proofs combine simple geometrical arguments with the approach of T-coercivity, introduced by the first and third authors and co-worker. Furthermore, the use of localization techniques allows us to derive well-posedness under conditions that involve the knowledge of the coefficients only near the interface. When the coefficients are piecewise constant, we establish the optimality of the criteria.

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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2012