Abstract:We develop a path integrals approach for analyzing stationary light propagation appropriate for photonic crystals. The hermitian form of the stationary Maxwell equations is transformed into a quantum mechanical problem of a spin 1 particle with spin-orbit coupling and position dependent mass. After appropriate ordering several path integral representations of a solution are constructed. One leaves the propagation of polarization degrees of freedom in an operator form integrated over paths in coordinate space. … Show more
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