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Simulating Quantum Mechanics with Light: The Quantum Pendulum Via Mathieu Beams

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Abstract

We simulate the nonlinear quantum pendulum using non-diffracting solutions of the 2-dimensional Helmholtz equation in elliptical coordinates. Stationary and wavepacket Mathieu spatial modes are in quantitative agreement with the quantum probabilities.

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