Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
From the minimal action principle follows the Hamilton equations of evolution for geometric optical rays in anisotropic media. As in classical mechanics of velocity-dependent potentials, the velocity and the canonical momentum are not parallel, but differ by an anisotropy vector potential, similar to that of linear electromagnetism. Descartes' well known diagram for refraction is generalized and a factorization theorem holds for interfaces between two anisotropic media.
Keywords:
OPTICS
Type:
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Second International Workshop on Harmonic Oscillators; p 409-416
Format:
application/pdf