The relationship between the Wigner-Weyl kinetic formalism and the complex geometrical optics method

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2004-04-26

arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0404061v4

J. Math. Phys. 46, 083510 (2005)

Physics

Mathematical Physics

Extended version comprising two new sections

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1998833

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 optics method, is addressed. More specifically, a solution of the wave kinetic equation, relevant to the Wigner-Weyl formalism, is obtained which yields the same wavefield intensity as the complex geometrical optics method. Such a relationship is also discussed on the basis of the analytical solution of the wave kinetic equation specific to Gaussian beams of electromagnetic waves propagating in a ``lens-like'' medium for which the complex geometrical optics solution is already available.

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