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We propose a novel numerical homogenization method based on the edge multiscale approach for solving indefinite time-harmonic Maxwell equations in heterogeneous media with large wavenumber. Numerical methods for these equations in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Yueqi Wang , Wing Tat Leung , Guanglian Li

We carry out the homogenization of time-harmonic Maxwell's equations in a periodic, layered structure made of two-dimensional (2D) metallic sheets immersed in a heterogeneous and in principle anisotropic dielectric medium. In this setting,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Matthias Maier , Dionisios Margetis , Antoine Mellet

We consider three common mathematical models for time-harmonic high frequency scattering: the Helmholtz equation in two and three spatial dimensions, a transverse magnetic problem in two dimensions, and Maxwell's equation in three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-04 T. Chaumont-Frelet , S. Sauter

We consider nodal-based Lagrangian interpolations for the finite element approximation of the Maxwell eigenvalue problem. The first approach introduced is a standard Galerkin method on Powell-Sabin meshes, which has recently been shown to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-04 Daniele Boffi , Ramon Codina , Önder Türk

The Helmholtz equation with variable wavenumbers is challenging to solve numerically due to the pollution effect, which often results in a huge ill-conditioned linear system. In this paper, we present a high-order wavelet Galerkin method to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Bin Han , Michelle Michelle

Although high-order Maxwell integral equation solvers provide significant advantages in terms of speed and accuracy over corresponding low-order integral methods, their performance significantly degrades in presence of non-smooth…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-31 Constantine Sideris , Davit Aslanyan , Oscar P. Bruno

In this paper we present a methodology for increasing the accuracy and accelerating the convergence of numerical methods for solution of Maxwell's equations in the frequency domain by taking into account the be-havior of the electromagnetic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Igor Semenikhin

We consider an initial-boundary value problem for the Maxwell's system in a bounded domain with a linear inhomogeneous anisotropic instantaneous material law subject to a nonlinear Silver-Muller-type boundary feedback mechanism…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Andrii Anikushyn , Michael Pokojovy

Maxwell's equations describe the evolution of electromagnetic fields, together with constraints on the divergence of the magnetic and electric flux densities. These constraints correspond to fundamental physical laws: the nonexistence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Yakov Berchenko-Kogan , Ari Stern

We introduce a new numerical method for solving time-harmonic Maxwell's equations via the modified weak Galerkin technique. The inter-element functions of the weak Galerkin finite elements are replaced by the average of the two…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Chunmei Wang , Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

In this paper, we consider band-structure calculations governed by the Helmholtz or Maxwell equations in piecewise homogeneous periodic materials. Methods based on boundary integral equations are natural in this context, since they…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-18 Alex H. Barnett , Leslie Greengard

This paper presents a multiscale Petrov-Galerkin finite element method for time-harmonic acoustic scattering problems with heterogeneous coefficients in the high-frequency regime. We show that the method is pollution- free also in the case…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-12-01 Donald L. Brown , Dietmar Gallistl , Daniel Peterseim

In this paper, we aim to develop a hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for the indefinite time-harmonic Maxwell equations with the perfectly conducting boundary in the three-dimensional space. First, we derive the wavenumber…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Gang Chen , Haijun Wu , Liwei Xu

The robustness of XRD methods for the determination of the lattice parameters of crystals is well established. These methods have been extended to helical atomic structures using twisted x-rays \cite{friesecke_twisted_2016}. Building on an…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-15 Kalpesh Jaykar , Richard D. James

This paper introduces a numerical scheme for time harmonic Maxwell's equations by using weak Galerkin (WG) finite element methods. The WG finite element method is based on two operators: discrete weak curl and discrete weak gradient, with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-10 Lin Mu , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

A variety of problems in device and materials design require the rapid forward modeling of Maxwell's equations in complex micro-structured materials. By combining high-order accurate integral equation methods with classical multiple…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-04-29 Zydrunas Gimbutas , Leslie Greengard

A semiclassical theory of single and multi-mode lasing is derived for open complex or random media using a self-consistent linear response formulation. Unlike standard approaches which use closed cavity solutions to describe the lasing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hakan E. Tureci , A. Douglas Stone , B. Collier

The propagation of electromagnetic waves through disordered layered system is considered in the paradigm of Maxwell's equations homogenization. In spite of the impossibility to describe the system in terms of effective dielectric…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Alexander M. Merzlikin , Roman S. Puzko

The concept of the $M$-decomposition was introduced by Cockburn et al.\ in Math. Comp.\ vol.\ 86 (2017), pp.\ 1609-1641 {to provide criteria to guarantee optimal convergence rates for the Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-20 Gang Chen , Peter Monk , Yangwen Zhang

This paper presents a homogenization framework for elastomeric metamaterials exhibiting long-range correlated fluctuation fields. Based on full-scale numerical simulations on a class of such materials, an ansatz is proposed that allows to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-10-29 O. Rokoš , M. M. Ameen , R. H. J. Peerlings , M. G. D. Geers