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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media

    Background:

    • Graded-index (GRIN) optical media offer unique light manipulation properties.
    • Understanding ray trajectories in GRIN materials is crucial for optical system design.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a method for constructing exact ray solutions in a class of GRIN media.
    • To analyze the behavior of light rays within these media, particularly in tapered parabolic index profiles.

    Main Methods:

    • Derivation of exact ray solutions for a specific class of GRIN media.
    • Identification of two general ray invariants for trajectory analysis.
    • Development of an explicit formula to describe ray paths.

    Main Results:

    • Construction of exact ray solutions is demonstrated.
    • Two ray invariants applicable to the studied GRIN media are identified.
    • Ray path behavior, including compression, oscillation, and reflection, is explicitly described and formulaically represented.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed method provides precise analytical tools for GRIN optical systems.
    • The findings offer insights into light propagation dynamics in tapered GRIN media.
    • The explicit formula simplifies the prediction of ray behavior in such optical components.