Path Integral Formulation for Wave Effect in Multi-lens System

TL;DR

This paper introduces a path integral-based formula to analyze wave effects in multi-lens systems, extending previous work, and demonstrates its application through an analytic study of a two-lens system.

Contribution

It generalizes the path integral formalism to multi-lens systems, providing a new analytical tool for investigating wave effects in complex lens configurations.

Findings

Derived a general formula for wave effects in multi-lens systems.

Applied the formula to analytically study wave effects in a two-lens system.

Showed the usefulness and versatility of the approach.

Abstract

A formula to investigate wave effect in multi-lens system is presented on the basis of path integral formalism by generalizing the work by Nakamura and Deguchi (1999). Wave effect of a system with two lenses is investigated in an analytic way as a simple application to demonstrate usefulness of the formula and variety of wave effect in multi-lens system.