Some Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Models for Complex Media: An Operator Theoretical Perspective

Dr. Rainer Picard
TU Dresden
Senior Professor of Analysis

“The study of Maxwell’s equations in complex media (metamaterials) has come to a considerable attention within the last fifteen to twenty years. Such problems have been extensively studied mostly in the time-harmonic case. In this talk we focus on the time-dependent case. These can be embedded into a general class of operator equations with a unified solution theory. We discuss various particular models with complex material laws associated with the classical Maxwell equations. Well-posedness results for a large class of media can be obtained.”

Light refreshments will be served @ 1:30pm in EMS E424A.