A curious instability phenomenon for a rounded corner in presence of a negative material
Abstract
We study a 2D scalar harmonic wave transmission problem between a classical dielectric and a medium with a real-valued negative permittivity/permeability which models a metal at optical frequency or an ideal negative metamaterial. We highlight an unusual instability phenomenon for this problem when the interface between the two media presents a rounded corner. To establish this result, we provide an asymptotic expansion of the solution, when it is well-defined, in the geometry with a rounded corner. Then, we prove error estimates. Finally, a careful study of the asymptotic expansion allows us to conclude that the solution, when it is well-defined, depends critically on the value of the rounding parameter. We end the paper with a numerical illustration of this instability phenomenon.
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@article{arxiv.1304.4788,
title = {A curious instability phenomenon for a rounded corner in presence of a negative material},
author = {Lucas Chesnel and Xavier Claeys and Sergey A. Nazarov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.4788},
year = {2013}
}