1301.0110 (Yuri A. Godin)

Effective complex permittivity tensor of a periodic array of cylinders    [PDF]

Yuri A. Godin

We determine the effective complex permittivity of a two-dimensional composite, consisting of an arbitrary doubly periodic array of identical circular cylinders in a homogeneous matrix, and whose dielectric properties are complex-valued. Efficient formulas are provided to determine the effective complex permittivity tensor which are in excellent agreement with numerical calculations. We also show that in contrast to the real-valued case, the real and imaginary parts of the effective complex-valued tensor can exhibit non-monotonic behavior as functions of volume fraction of cylinders, and can be either greater or less than that of the constituents.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.0110