Maxwell’s equations with mixed impedance boundary conditions

Abstract

We study the time-harmonic Maxwell equations on bounded Lipschitz domains with an impedance boundary condition. The impedance coefficient can be matrix valued such that, in particular, a polarization dependent impedance is modeled. We derive a Fredholm alternative for this system. As a consequence, we obtain the existence of weak solutions for arbitrary sources when the frequency is not a resonance frequency. Our analysis covers the case of singular impedance coefficients