English

Geometry of Thin Films

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems 2016-01-13 v2

Abstract

We study ray optics in the context of double mirror systems, in the limit as the two mirrors approach one another (thin films). This leads to a novel set of differential equations on a mirror surface which have interesting structure as seen from the perspective of symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian mechanics.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1511.07415,
  title  = {Geometry of Thin Films},
  author = {Ronald Perline},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07415},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

14 Pages, 6 Figures

R2 v1 2026-06-22T11:52:29.806Z