Published September 1987
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Journal article
Path-integral derivation of the complex ABCD Huygens integral
Creators
- 1. Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
Description
The Huygens integral, or Green's function, for paraxial beam propagation in a generalized lenslike medium is derived as a Feynman path integral involving a summation over real rays. This formulation provides a physically intuitive understanding of the structure of the Green's function. The path integral is evaluated by introducing in a consistent manner the notion of complex rays, and the familiar result for the Huygens integral in terms of the complex ABCD matrix of the medium is obtained
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. Opt. Soc. Am., A: Opt. Image Sci.
- Journal Volume
- 4
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Series
- J. Opt. Soc. Am., A: Opt. Image Sci.
- Journal Page Range
- 1751-1755
- ISSN
- 0740-3232
- CODEN
- JOAOD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18096094
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAM OPTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; GREEN FUNCTION; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY; PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM MECHANICS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LA; MECHANICS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RADIATIONS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS