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Main Authors: Mystilidis, Christos, Fikioris, George, Tserkezis, Christos, Vandenbosch, Guy A. E., Zheng, Xuezhi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15947
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author Mystilidis, Christos
Fikioris, George
Tserkezis, Christos
Vandenbosch, Guy A. E.
Zheng, Xuezhi
author_facet Mystilidis, Christos
Fikioris, George
Tserkezis, Christos
Vandenbosch, Guy A. E.
Zheng, Xuezhi
contents We investigate a fundamental electromagnetic theorem, namely the uniqueness theorem, in the context of nonlocal electromagnetics, as simulated by a popular semiclassical model, the Hydrodynamic Drude Model (HDM) and extensions thereof such as the Generalized Nonlocal Optical Response (GNOR). The derivations and proofs presented here give a theoretical foundation to the use of the Additional Boundary Conditions (ABCs), whose necessity is recognized and underlined in virtually all implementations and applications of HDM. Our proofs follow a mathematically relaxed style, borrowing from the literature of established electromagnetics textbooks that study the matter from an engineering perspective. Through this simpler route we deduce clear and intuitive material-response requirements for uniqueness to hold, while using a familiar parlance in a topic that is mostly studied through a physics perspective. Two numerical examples that examine the problem from either a semianalytical or a purely numerical viewpoint support our findings.
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spellingShingle The Uniqueness Theorem for Nonlocal Hydrodynamic Media
Mystilidis, Christos
Fikioris, George
Tserkezis, Christos
Vandenbosch, Guy A. E.
Zheng, Xuezhi
Applied Physics
78-10
We investigate a fundamental electromagnetic theorem, namely the uniqueness theorem, in the context of nonlocal electromagnetics, as simulated by a popular semiclassical model, the Hydrodynamic Drude Model (HDM) and extensions thereof such as the Generalized Nonlocal Optical Response (GNOR). The derivations and proofs presented here give a theoretical foundation to the use of the Additional Boundary Conditions (ABCs), whose necessity is recognized and underlined in virtually all implementations and applications of HDM. Our proofs follow a mathematically relaxed style, borrowing from the literature of established electromagnetics textbooks that study the matter from an engineering perspective. Through this simpler route we deduce clear and intuitive material-response requirements for uniqueness to hold, while using a familiar parlance in a topic that is mostly studied through a physics perspective. Two numerical examples that examine the problem from either a semianalytical or a purely numerical viewpoint support our findings.
title The Uniqueness Theorem for Nonlocal Hydrodynamic Media
topic Applied Physics
78-10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15947