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The phenomenon of half-spectral unidirectional invisibility is introduced for one-dimensional periodic optical structures with tailored real and imaginary refractive index distributions in a non-$\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric configuration. The…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-15 Stefano Longhi

The geometric representation at a fixed frequency of the wavevector (or dispersion) surface $\omega(\vec k)$ for lossless, homogeneous dielectric--magnetic uniaxial materials is explored, when the elements of the relative permittivity and…

Pseudo-Hermitian operators appear in the solution of Maxwell's equations for stationary non-dispersive media with arbitrary (space-dependent) permittivity and permeability tensors. We offer an extension of the results in this direction to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Ali Mostafazadeh

The nonlinear optical behavior of quantum systems plays a crucial role in various photonic applications. This study introduces a novel framework for understanding these nonlinear effects by incorporating gauge-covariant formulations based…

General Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Jingxu Wu , Chenjia Li

A moving dielectric appears to light as an effective gravitational field. At low flow velocities the dielectric acts on light in the same way as a magnetic field acts on a charged matter wave. We develop in detail the geometrical optics of…

Optics · Physics 2009-10-31 U. Leonhardt , P. Piwnicki

In this work we present a novel approach to the ray optics limit: we rewrite the dynamical Maxwell equations in Schr\"odinger form and prove Egorov-type theorems, a robust semiclassical technique. We implement this scheme for periodic light…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-12-05 Giuseppe De Nittis , Max Lein

By restating geometrical optics within the field-theoretical approach, the classical concept of a photon (and, more generally, any elementary excitation) in arbitrary dispersive medium is introduced, and photon properties are calculated…

Classical Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 I. Y. Dodin , N. J. Fisch

A generic novel model governing optical pulse propagation in a nonlinear dispersive amplifying medium with asymmetric (linear spectral slope) gain is introduced. We examine the properties of asymmetric optical pulses formed in such…

In Optics it is common to split up the formal analysis of diffraction according to two convenient approximations, in the near and far fields (also known as the Fresnel and Fraunhofer regimes, respectively). Within this scenario, geometrical…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-04-25 Almudena García-Sánchez , Ángel S. Sanz

We consider the possible effects of gravitational lensing by globular clusters on gravitational waves from asymmetric neutron stars in our galaxy. In the lensing of gravitational waves, the long wavelength, compared with the usual case of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-15 Andrew J. Moylan , David E. McClelland , Susan M. Scott , Antony C. Searle , G. V. Bicknell

Radiation from a charged particle moving in a medium with Maxwell fish eye refraction index profile is considered. It is shown that the radiation spectrum has a discrete character. The main emitted wavelength is proportional to the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-12-07 Zhyrair Gevorkian , Mher Davtyan

The relationship between two different asymptotic techniques developed in order to describe the propagation of waves beyond the standard geometrical optics approximation, namely, the Wigner-Weyl kinetic formalism and the complex geometrical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Omar Maj

This article presents an ultraweak discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (DPG) formulation of the time-harmonic Maxwell equations for the vectorial envelope of the electromagnetic field in a weakly-guiding multi-mode fiber waveguide. This…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-15 Stefan Henneking , Jacob Grosek , Leszek Demkowicz

Investigations into optical phenomena associated with nonlinear magnetoelectric effects are attracting growing attention within the scientific community. Technologies constantly demand new materials capable of exhibiting precise and…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-25 Vitorio A. De Lorenci , Lucas T. de Paula

We propose a multiscale approach for a nonlinear Helmholtz problem with possible oscillations in the Kerr coefficient, the refractive index, and the diffusion coefficient. The method does not rely on structural assumptions on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-10 Roland Maier , Barbara Verfürth

We initiate the study of gravitational-wave lensing in the wave-optics regime within modified gravity. We consider a phenomenological setup in which the gravitational-wave amplitude obeys a curvature-coupled propagation equation. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-27 Alice Garoffolo , Gianmassimo Tasinato

In this paper we introduce an optical approximation into the theory of impedance calculation, one valid in the limit of high frequencies. This approximation neglects diffraction effects in the radiation process, and is conceptually…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Stupakov , K. L. F. Bane , I. Zagorodnov

Recent work by Jaffe and Scardicchio has expressed the optical approximation to the Casimir effect as a sum over geometric quantities. The first two authors have developed a technique which uses the complex geometry of the space of oriented…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-10 Brendan Guilfoyle , Wilhelm Klingenberg , Siddhartha Sen

Extensive studies in the past have focused on precise calculations of the nonlinear-optical susceptibility of thousands of molecules. In this work, we use the broader approach of considering how geometry and symmetry alone play a role. We…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mark G. Kuzyk , David S. Watkins

Geometrical optics is extended so as to provide a model for spinning light rays via the coadjoint orbits of the Euclidean group characterized by color and spin. This leads to a theory of ``geometrical spinoptics'' in refractive media.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Christian Duval , Zalan Horvath , Peter Horvathy