Bohm approach to the Gouy phase shift
arXiv:2109.12373 · doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2021.168468
Abstract
By adapting the Madelung-Bohm formalism to paraxial wave propagation we show, by using Ermakov-Lewis techniques, that the Gouy phase is related to the form of the phase chosen in order to produce a Gaussian function as a propagated field. For this, we introduce a quantum mechanical invariant, that it is explicitly time dependent despite the fact that the Hamiltonian is itself time-independent. We finally show that the effective Bohm {\it index of refraction} generates a GRIN medium that produces the focusing needed for the Gouy phase.
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