On the use of transmission eigenvalues to estimate the index of refraction from far field data‡
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We consider the scattering of time harmonic electromagnetic plane waves by a bounded inhomogeneous medium and show that under certain assumptions a lower bound on the index of refraction can be obtained from a knowledge of the smallest transmission eigenvalue corresponding to the medium. It is then shown by numerical examples that this eigenvalue can be determined from a knowledge of the far field pattern of the scattered wave, thus providing a practical method for estimating the index of refraction from far field data. ‡ This research was supported in part by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant FA9550-05-1-0127 Transmission eigenvalues and the index of refraction 2
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