The relationship between the Wigner-Weyl kinetic formalism and the complex geometrical optics method
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The relationship between two different asymptotic techniques developed in order to describe the propagation of waves beyond the standard geometrical optics approximation, namely, the Wigner-Weyl kinetic formalism and the complex geometrical optics method, is addressed. More specifically, a solution of the wave kinetic equation, relevant to the Wigner-Weyl formalism, is obtained which yields the same wavefield intensity as the complex geometrical optics method. Such a relationship is also discussed on the basis of the analytical solution of the wave kinetic equation specific to Gaussian beams of electromagnetic waves propagating in a “lens-like” medium for which the complex geometrical optics solution is already available. The Wigner-Weyl formalism versus the complex geometrical optics method 2
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