[institut] INFO

[Branko Kolarić]

Dear Colleagues,

The Nanophotonics Lab, from the Institute of Physics, University of 
Belgrade, in the framework of the Photonics Center/Institute seminar, 
announces the lecture  of Prof. Yves Caudano from the University of 
Namur, which will be held on Wednesday, 10  June 2026, at 11.00 h, in 
the library reading room "Dr. Dragan Popović" of the Institute of 
Physics, Belgrade.

The  title and abstract of the lecture is below.

An intuitive path from classical mechanics to Schrödinger’s equation

To many students of physics, the origin of Schrödinger’s equation may 
appear mysterious. Taking
the opportunity of the centenary of Schrödinger’s 1926 papers [1], this 
talk presents a pedagogical
motivation of Schrödinger’s equation from classical mechanics. In 
analogy with optics, where the
wave equation reduces to the eikonal equation in the geometrical-optics 
limit, reversing this path
leads directly to Schrödinger’s equation, with the classical 
Hamilton-Jacobi equation as a starting
point. Relying largely on recent literature [2], the presentation aims 
to demystify Schrödinger’s
insight without making any claim of novelty. Finally, connections with 
the de Broglie–Bohm
interpretation of quantum mechanics and with weak values will be pointed 
out.

[1] Quantisierung als Eigenwertproblem, E. Schrödinger, Annalen der 
Physik 79 (1926) 361 (part I); 79
(1926) 489 (part II); 80 (1926) 437 (part III); 81 (1926) 109 (part IV).
[2] Derivation of Schrödinger’s equation from Hamilton-Jacobi and the 
eikonal equations, Lachezar S.
Simeonov, arXiv:2410.03689v1 [quant-ph] (2024).

You are all kindly invited to Prof. Yves Caudano  lecture.

Best Regards,

Branko Kolaric on behalf of Nanophotonics Lab