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Statement

6.6.12. The space between the plates of a parallel‑plate capacitor is filled with two layers of different dielectrics of thicknesses and . The dielectric permittivities of the dielectrics are and . The plate area is . Find the capacitance of the capacitor. What charge will be induced at the interface between the dielectrics if a charge is placed on the capacitor plates?

Solution

Our capacitor can be represented as two capacitors connected in series; for them the capacitance is

where



Now recall that at the interface between dielectrics the normal component of the field undergoes a jump. The dielectrics are isotropic, the field is normal to the interface, and there are no free charges at the interface, so

For the voltage across the capacitor after placing the charge:

The surface density of bound (induced) charges at the interface is determined by the jump in the normal component of the polarisation vector:

For an isotropic dielectric

Therefore

Taking into account, we finally obtain a nice expression:

Solve the system :



Answer