On Gaussian beams described by Jacobi's equation

DOI10.1137/130915996MaRDI QIDQ5173243zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Steven T. Smith

Publication date 9 February 2015

Published in SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.1931, http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92544

zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian curvatureHamilton-Jacobi equationRiemannian curvatureGaussian beamJacobi's equationacoustic rayparaxial ray

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton-Jacobi equations (35F21) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05) Geometric optics (78A05) Variational methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M30)

Abstract: Gaussian beams describe the amplitude and phase of rays and are widely used to model acoustic propagation. This paper describes four new results in the theory of Gaussian beams. (1) A new version of the v{C}erven'y equations for the amplitude and phase of Gaussian beams is developed by applying the equivalence of Hamilton-Jacobi theory with Jacobi's equation that connects Riemannian curvature to geodesic flow. Thus the paper makes a fundamental connection between Gaussian beams and an acoustic channel's so-called intrinsic Gaussian curvature from differential geometry. (2) A new formula $$ for the distance between convergence zones is derived and applied to several well-known profiles. (3) A class of "model spaces" are introduced that connect the acoustics of ducting/divergence zones with the channel's Gaussian curvature $$. The "model" SSPs yield constant Gaussian curvature in which the geometry of ducts corresponds to great circles on a sphere and convergence zones correspond to antipodes. The distance between caustics $$ is equated with an ideal hyperbolic cosine SSP duct. (4) An "intrinsic" version of v{C}erven'y's formulae for the amplitude and phase of Gaussian beams is derived that does not depend on an "extrinsic" arbitrary choice of coordinates such as range and depth. Direct comparisons are made between the computational frameworks used by the three different approaches to Gaussian beams: Snell's law, the extrinsic Frenet-Serret formulae, and the intrinsic Jacobi methods presented here. The relationship of Gaussian beams to Riemannian curvature is explained with an overview of the modern covariant geometric methods that provide a general framework for application to other special cases.

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