Geometry of thin films

DOI10.1007/S00332-018-9498-2zbMATH Open1415.70032arXiv1511.07415OpenAlexW2964214541MaRDI QIDQ2423391FDOQ2423391

Ron Perline

Publication date: 21 June 2019

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study ray optics in the context of double mirror systems, in the limit as the two mirrors approach one another (thin films). This leads to a novel set of differential equations on a mirror surface which have interesting structure as seen from the perspective of symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.07415

zbMATH Keywords

geodesicssymplectic geometrybilliardsintegrable dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Geometric optics (78A05)

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• Two variations on the periscope theorem
• The geometry of abrasion

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