TY - JOUR
T1 - Propagation of light in linear and quadratic GRIN media
T2 - The Bohm potential
AU - Asenjo, Felipe A.
AU - Hojman, Sergio A.
AU - Moya-Cessa, Héctor M.
AU - Soto-Eguibar, Francisco
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors want to thank Dr. Víctor Arrizón from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) for his participation in the first discussions of this work and for his valuable comments.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - It is shown that field propagation in linear and quadratic gradient-index (GRIN) media obeys the same rules of free propagation in the sense that a field propagating in free space has a (mathematical) form that may be exported to those particular GRIN media. The Bohm potential is introduced in order to explain the reason of such behavior: it changes the dynamics by modifying the original potential. The concrete cases of two different initials conditions for each potential are analyzed.
AB - It is shown that field propagation in linear and quadratic gradient-index (GRIN) media obeys the same rules of free propagation in the sense that a field propagating in free space has a (mathematical) form that may be exported to those particular GRIN media. The Bohm potential is introduced in order to explain the reason of such behavior: it changes the dynamics by modifying the original potential. The concrete cases of two different initials conditions for each potential are analyzed.
KW - Beam propagation in GRIN media
KW - Bohm potential
KW - Linear GRIN media
KW - Quadratic GRIN media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102783749&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.optcom.2021.126947
DO - 10.1016/j.optcom.2021.126947
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102783749
SN - 0030-4018
VL - 490
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
M1 - 126947
ER -