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Affine Eikonal, Wavization and Wigner Function
Laboratory of Physics, Nihon University, Matsudo, Japan
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Journal of Modern Physics·Volume 07 (2016)·Pages 1738–1748·Published 6 September 2016·DOI10.4236/jmp.2016.713156
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Abstract
The aim in this paper is to construct an affine transformation using the classical physics analogy between the fields of optics and mechanics. Since optics and mechanics both have symplectic structures, the concept of optics can be replaced by that of mechanics and vice versa. We list the four types of eikonal (generating functions). We also introduce a unitary operator for the affine transformation. Using the unitary operator, the kernel (propagator) is calculated and the wavization (quantization) of the Gabor function is discussed. The dynamic properties of the affine transformed Wigner function are also discussed.
KeywordsAffine EikonalWavization of Gabor FunctionWigner Function
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