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Dirac integral equations for dielectric and plasmonic scattering

Analysis of PDEs 2021-02-16 v4 Computational Physics

Abstract

A new integral equation formulation is presented for the Maxwell transmission problem in Lipschitz domains. It builds on the Cauchy integral for the Dirac equation, is free from false eigenwavenumbers for a wider range of permittivities than other known formulations, can be used for magnetic materials, is applicable in both two and three dimensions, and does not suffer from any low-frequency breakdown. Numerical results for the two-dimensional version of the formulation, including examples featuring surface plasmon waves, demonstrate competitiveness relative to state-of-the-art integral formulations that are constrained to two dimensions. However, our Dirac integral equation performs equally well in three dimensions, as demonstrated in a companion paper.

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@article{arxiv.1911.00788,
  title  = {Dirac integral equations for dielectric and plasmonic scattering},
  author = {Johan Helsing and Andreas Rosén},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.00788},
  year   = {2021}
}

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36 pages, 9 figures

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