Mathematical Foundations and Their Applications in Optical Sciences

Dear Colleagues,

In the classical scenario, light displays the form of electromagnetic waves, while it assumes that of corpuscles (photons) in quantum mechanics. New phenomena and physical effects involving light propagation have been discovered, and their interpretations have been evolving. Mathematical models of optics must evolve as well and must be suitable for describing light properties and light speed invariance consistently, from reference frames both at rest and in relative motion.

The main scope of the topic is to show whether there is consistency between the formalism of mathematics adopted by the theory describing the properties of light and the observed results of optics in both classical and quantum contexts.  

The requirement of consistency is of primary significance in the interpretation of the optical effects where light speed invariance may be tested, such as when light propagates along closed moving contours. Still, original innovative submissions, dealing with mathematical models of optics and photonics, are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Gianfranco Spavieri
Prof. Dr. Espen Gaarder Haug
Guest Editors

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