Light propagation in inhomogeneous media, coupled quantum harmonic oscillators and phase transitions
Optics
2019-05-17 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
This contribution has two main purposes. First, we show using classical optics how to model two coupled quantum harmonic oscillators and two interacting quantized fields. Second, we use quantum mechanical techniques to solve, exactly, the propagation of light through a particular type of graded index medium. In passing, we show that the system presents phase transitions.
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@article{arxiv.1905.06897,
title = {Light propagation in inhomogeneous media, coupled quantum harmonic oscillators and phase transitions},
author = {Alejandro R. Urzúa and Irán Ramos-Prieto and Francisco Soto-Eguibar and Víctor M. Arrizón and Héctor M. Moya-Cessa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.06897},
year = {2019}
}
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11 pages, 3 figures