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Nonlinear time-harmonic Maxwell equations in an anisotropic bounded medium

Analysis of PDEs 2017-11-28 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We find solutions E:ΩR3E:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^3 of the problem \begin{eqnarray*} \left\{ \begin{aligned} &\nabla\times(\mu(x)^{-1}\nabla\times E) - \omega^2\epsilon(x) E = \partial_E F(x,E) &&\quad \text{in }\Omega\\%\newline &\nu\times E = 0 &&\quad \text{on }\partial\Omega \end{aligned} \right. \end{eqnarray*} on a bounded Lipschitz domain ΩR3\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3 with exterior normal ν:ΩR3\nu:\partial\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^3. Here ×\nabla\times denotes the curl operator in R3\mathbb{R}^3. The equation describes the propagation of the time-harmonic electric field {E(x)eiωt}\Re\{E(x)e^{i\omega t}\} in an anisotropic material with a magnetic permeability tensor μ(x)R3×3\mu(x)\in\mathbb{R}^{3\times3} and a permittivity tensor ϵ(x)R3×3\epsilon(x)\in\mathbb{R}^{3\times3}. The boundary conditions are those for Ω\Omega surrounded by a perfect conductor. It is required that μ(x)\mu(x) and ϵ(x)\epsilon(x) are symmetric and positive definite uniformly for xΩx\in\Omega, and that μ,ϵL(Ω,R3×3)\mu,\epsilon\in L^{\infty}(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times 3}). The nonlinearity F:Ω×R3RF:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}^3\to\mathbb{R} is superquadratic and subcritical in EE, the model nonlinearity being of Kerr-type: F(x,E)=Γ(x)EpF(x,E)=|\Gamma(x)E|^p for some 2<p<62<p<6 with Γ(x)GL(3)\Gamma(x)\in GL(3) invertible for every xΩx\in\Omega and Γ,Γ1L(Ω,R3×3)\Gamma,\Gamma^{-1}\in L^\infty(\Omega, \mathbb{R}^{3\times 3}). We prove the existence of a ground state solution and of bound states if FF is even in EE. Moreover if the material is uniaxial we find two types of solutions with cylindrical symmetries.

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@article{arxiv.1509.01994,
  title  = {Nonlinear time-harmonic Maxwell equations in an anisotropic bounded medium},
  author = {Thomas Bartsch and Jarosław Mederski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.01994},
  year   = {2017}
}

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to appear in J. Funct. Anal

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