Homogenization of the Schrödinger equation with a time oscillating potential

DOI10.3934/DCDSB.2006.6.1zbMATH Open1096.35009arXivmath-ph/0510083OpenAlexW2009807537MaRDI QIDQ2492123FDOQ2492123

Authors: Grégoire Allaire, Muthusamy Vanninathan 

Publication date: 6 June 2006

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the homogenization of a Schrodinger equation in a periodic medium with a time dependent potential. This is a model for semiconductors excited by an external electromagnetic wave. We prove that, for a suitable choice of oscillating (both in time and space) potential, one can partially transfer electrons from one Bloch band to another. This justifies the famous "Fermi golden rule" for the transition probability between two such states which is at the basis of various optical properties of semiconductors. Our method is based on a combination of classical homogenization techniques (two-scale convergence and suitable oscillating test functions) and of Bloch waves theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0510083

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zbMATH Keywords

homogenizationBloch waveselectromagnetic potentialhomogenized Schrödinger equationSchrödinger equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Homogenization in context of PDEs; PDEs in media with periodic structure (35B27) PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60)

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