Frontiers in Optics

Simulating Quantum State Revival with Paraxial Beam Propagation

Pawan Khatiwada, Daniel Yu, Edward T. Yu, Xiao‐Feng Qian

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations

Abstract

We explore the equivalence between paraxial optical beam propagation and 2D harmonic oscillator evolution. The phenomenon of quantum state revival of harmonic oscillator is shown to be simulated with the propagation of a focusing beam.

DOI: 10.1364/fio.2024.jw4a.11

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