Homogenized discontinuous Galerkin method for Maxwell's equations in periodic structured dispersive media (Q2869175)

\textit{Y. Huang} et al. [J. Comput. Phys. 230, No. 12, 4559--4570 (2011; Zbl 1220.78015)] considered a discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for solving the time-dependent Maxwell's equations in dispersive media.NEWLINENEWLINEIn the present paper, the authors extend this approach to dispersive media with periodic microstructures in space. A homogenisation technique yields a multiscale asymptotic expansion consisting of a space-dependent corrector function and a time-space-dependent electric field. Firstly, a DG method based on a bilinear form with a penalty term is applied to compute the corrector function in a unit cell. Secondly, a homogenised coefficient matrix can be determined by well-known methods. Thirdly, a partial differential equation inluding the homogenised coefficients yields the electric field. This equation is solved by a DG method in space again and a discretisation in time. The authors derive the formulas of their approach in three space dimensions, where the two-dimensional problem appears as a special case.NEWLINENEWLINEFinally, numerical simulations are presented for three test examples of two-dimensional problems: a time-independent equation, a computation of homogenised coefficients only and a full problem in time as well as in space. The results confirm that the approach is feasible and indicate the convergence of the method.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 1264.65002].