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We study nonlinear elliptic equations for operators corresponding to non-stable L\'evy diffusions. We include a sum of fractional Laplacians of different orders. Such operators are infinitesimal generators of non-stable (i.e., non…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-16 Xavier Cabre , Joaquim Serra

In this work we present a model for the paraxial propagation of vector beams. Of particular importance is the appearance of a new transverse momentum term proportional to the linear polarization angle gradient imparted to the beam during…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-07 J. M. Nichols , D. V. Nickel , F. Bucholtz

Diffractionless propagation of optical beams through atomic vapors is investigated. The atoms in the vapor are operated in a three-level Raman configuration. A suitably chosen control beam couples to one of the transitions, and thereby…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 T. N. Dey , J. Evers

It is well known that phase function methods allow for the numerical solution of a large class of oscillatory second order linear ordinary differential equations in time independent of frequency. Unfortunately, these methods break down in…

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We scrutinize the geometrical properties of light propagation inside a nonlinear medium modeled by a fully covariant electromagnetic theory in $2+1$-dimensions. After setting the nonlinear constitutive relations, the phase velocity and the…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-26 Eduardo Bittencourt , Elliton O. S. Brandão , Érico Goulart

We consider the Cauchy problem for one-dimensional dispersive equations with a general nonlinearity in the periodic setting. Our main hypotheses are both that the dispersive operator behaves for high frequencies as a Fourier multiplier by $…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-31 Luc Molinet , Tomoyuki Tanaka

Quantum light propagation through turbulent atmosphere has become a subject of intensive research, spanning both theoretical and experimental studies. This interest is driven by its important applications in free-space quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 A. A. Semenov , M. Klen , I. Pechonkin

New solid-state physics based approach is developed for analysis of the paraxial light propagation in two-dimensional (2D) photonic lattices of coupled dielectric waveguides or microcavities. In particular, using Maxwell's equations, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-10-30 D. L. Boiko

Ninety years after their prediction, quantum vacuum nonlinearities in macroscopic electromagnetic fields still await a direct experimental verification in the laboratory. A particularly promising route towards their first measurement is the…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-20 Aimé Matheron , Michal Šmíd , Matt Zepf , Felix Karbstein

We experimentally generate an Airy beam with polarization structure while keeping its original amplitude and phase profile intact. This class of Airy beam preserves the acceleration properties. By monitoring their initial polarization…

Optics · Physics 2015-12-22 Hao Chen , Guoqiang Li

Controlling light propagation through complex media plays a significant role in a wide range of applications ranging from astronomical observations to microscopy. Although, several advances have been made based on adaptive optics, optical…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-18 Anita Kumari , Vasu Dev , Vishwa Pal

We present a rigorous and quantum-consistent description of dispersive non-Hermitian optical bilayers in the framework of the canonical quantization scheme. Then we investigate the propagation of a normally incident squeezed coherent state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-19 Elnaz Pilehvar , Ehsan Amooghorban , Mohammad Kazem Moravvej-Farshi

We study the behavior of the fermion propagator in an external time dependent potential in 0+1 dimension. We show that, when the potential has upto quadratic terms in time, the propagator can be expressed in terms of generalized Airy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-05 A. L. M. Britto , Ashok K. Das , J. Frenkel

We consider an evolution equation with the Caputo-Dzhrbashyan fractional derivative of order $\alpha \in (1,2)$ with respect to the time variable, and the second order uniformly elliptic operator with variable coefficients acting in spatial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-05-13 Anatoly N. Kochubei

Tightly-focused laser beams, or optical tweezers, are essential for analogue and digital quantum simulation with neutral atoms and trapped ions. Despite this, most of the current intuition and theoretical treatment utilizes the paraxial…

We study the propagation, observation and control properties of the 1-d wave equation on a bounded interval discretized in space using the quadratic classical finite element approximation. A careful Fourier analysis of the discrete wave…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-12-20 Aurora Marica , Enrique Zuazua

The paper presents an ab initio account of the paraxial complex geometrical optics (CGO) in application to a scalar Gaussian beam propagation and diffraction in a 3D smoothly inhomogeneous medium. The paraxial CGO deals with quadratic…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Berczynski , K. Yu. Bliokh , Yu. A. Kravtsov , A. Stateczny

Using the very basic physics principles, we have studied the implications of quantum corrections to classical electrodynamics and the propagation of electromagnetic waves and pulses. The initial nonlinear wave equation for the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-05-30 Stephan I. Tzenov , Klaus M. Spohr , Kazuo A. Tanaka

Operator-sum representations of quantum channels can be obtained by applying the channel to one subsystem of a maximally entangled state and deploying the channel-state isomorphism. However, for continuous-variable systems, such schemes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-26 K. K. Sabapathy , J. S. Ivan , R. García-Patrón , R. Simon

A wave near an isolated turning point is typically assumed to have an Airy function profile with respect to the separation distance. This description is incomplete, however, and is insufficient to describe the behavior of more realistic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-05-17 N. A. Lopez , E. Kur , D. J. Strozzi