Optics in nonuniform media and Lagrange geometry
Optics
2022-06-17 v2
Abstract
In this paper the equations of motion associated with a Lagrangian inspired by relativistic optics in nonuniform moving media are considered. The model describes optical effects in the nonuniform dispersionless moving medium. When using the optical metric restricted to the Minkowski manifold, we have established the Euler-Lagrange equations for geodesics. We have specified the general model to the special case when the refractive index increases along the direction . The exact analytical solutions of the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equations have been constructed. Analysis of the solutions shows that the light beams are bending to the axes along which the refractive index increases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2104.08889,
title = {Optics in nonuniform media and Lagrange geometry},
author = {M. Neagu and N. G. Krylova and E. M. Ovsiyuk and V. M. Red'kov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.08889},
year = {2022}
}