From classical to quantum mechanics through optics

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/31/1/016MaRDI QIDQ3551063zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ana Ros Camacho, J. Masoliver

Publication date 8 April 2010

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3258

zbMATH Keywords

eikonal equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton-Jacobi equations in mechanics (70H20) Physical optics (78A10) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

Abstract: In this paper we revise the main aspects of the Hamiltonian analogy: the fact that optical paths are completely analogous to mechanical trajectories. We follow Schr"{o}dinger's original idea and go beyond this analogy by changing over from the Hamilton's principal function $S$ to the wave function $Psi$. We thus travel from classical to quantum mechanics through optics.

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