Compound transfer matrices: Constructive and destructive interference

DOI10.1063/1.3676070zbMATH Open1273.81217arXiv1101.4014OpenAlexW2102722808WikidataQ59619467 ScholiaQ59619467MaRDI QIDQ2853640FDOQ2853640

Authors: Petarpa Boonserm, Matt Visser 

Publication date: 16 October 2013

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

Abstract: Scattering from a compound barrier, one composed of a number of distinct non-overlapping sub-barriers, has a number of interesting and subtle mathematical features. If one is scattering classical particles, where the wave aspects of the particle can be ignored, the transmission probability of the compound barrier is simply given by the product of the transmission probabilities of the individual sub-barriers. In contrast if one is scattering waves (whether we are dealing with either purely classical waves or quantum Schrodinger wavefunctions) each sub-barrier contributes phase information (as well as a transmission probability), and these phases can lead to either constructive or destructive interference, with the transmission probability oscillating between nontrivial upper and lower bounds. In this article we shall study these upper and lower bounds in some detail, and also derive bounds on the closely related process of quantum excitation (particle production) via parametric resonance.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.4014

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Inelastic and multichannel quantum scattering (81U35) (n)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U10)

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