The Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation technique in optics

被引：27
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作者：
Ahmed Khan, Sameen [1 ]
机构：
[1] MECIT, Dept Math & Appl Sci, Muscat, Oman
来源：
OPTIK | 2006年 / 117卷 / 10期
关键词：
Helmholtz optics; Maxwell optics; Maxwell's equations; vector optics; charged-particle optics; wavelength-dependent effects; beam propagation; aberrations; graded-index fiber; mathematical methods of optics; Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ijleo.2005.11.010
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We describe the standard Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation technique along with its applications in optics and the new results it leads to. The use of the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation technique is central in the non-traditional prescriptions of Helmholtz optics and Maxwell optics, respectively, resulting in the wavelength-dependent modifications of light beam optics, even at the paraxial level. It is further shown that the wavelength-dependent modifications in the newly developed formalisms of light beam optics are in close anology with the quantum theory of charged-particle beam optics. (c) 2006 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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页码：481 / 488
页数：8
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