A staggered discontinuous Galerkin method for wave propagation in media with dielectrics and meta-materials (Q1931451)

This paper deals with a numerical method to solve a wave transmission between a classical dielectric material and a meta-material. The authors consider a domain made of dielectric and meta-material, separated by an interface across which the magnetic permeability exhibits a sign-shift. This paper solves the two-unknown problem in this case from both, theoretical and numerical, points of view. The method gives some local and global conservation properties in the discrete level that mimic the conservation properties arising from the continuous problem. Convergence of the numerical method is also proven with the help of explicit \(\inf\)-\(\sup\) operators, and numerical examples are provided to show the efficiency of the method.