Relations between transfer and scattering matrices in the presence of hyperbolic channels

DOI10.1063/1.3669483zbMATH Open1273.81220arXiv1110.0258OpenAlexW3102886916MaRDI QIDQ2853585FDOQ2853585

Authors: Christian Sadel 

Publication date: 16 October 2013

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a cable described by a discrete, space-homogeneous, quasi one-dimensional Schr"odinger operator $H_0$. We study the scattering by a finite disordered piece (the scatterer) inserted inside this cable. For energies $E$ where $H_0$ has only elliptic channels we use the Lippmann-Schwinger equations to show that the scattering matrix and the transfer matrix, written in an appropriate basis, are related by a certain polar decomposition. For energies $E$ where $H_0$ has hyperbolic channels we show that the scattering matrix is related to a reduced transfer matrix and both are of smaller dimension than the transfer matrix. Moreover, in this case the scattering matrix is determined from a limit of larger dimensional scattering matrices, as follows: We take a piece of the cable of length $m$, followed by the scatterer and another piece of the cable of length $m$, consider the scattering matrix of these three joined pieces inserted inside an ideal lead at energy $E$ (ideal means only elliptic channels), and take the limit $moinfty$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.0258

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zbMATH Keywords

polar decompositionLippmann-Schwinger equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Scattering theory, inverse scattering involving ordinary differential operators (34L25) Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Inelastic and multichannel quantum scattering (81U35) Quantum dots, waveguides, ratchets, etc. (81Q37) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

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