Hamiltonian Ray-tracing with Wigner Distribution Function for Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media

Hanhong Gao; Lei Tian; George Barbastathis; George Barbastathis

doi:10.1364/FIO.2010.FMI5

Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
paper FMI5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2010.FMI5

Hamiltonian Ray-tracing with Wigner Distribution Function for Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media

Hanhong Gao, Lei Tian, and George Barbastathis

Frontiers in Optics 2010

Rochester, New York United States
24–28 October 2010
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H. Gao, L. Tian, and G. Barbastathis, "Hamiltonian Ray-tracing with Wigner Distribution Function for Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media," in Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010), paper FMI5.

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Abstract

We present a novel method for simulating wave optics phenomena in an inhomogeneous medium simply through ray-tracing. We accomplish this by adapting Hamiltonian ray-tracing method to use the Wigner distribution function as its initial condition.

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