Composition of transfer matrices for potentials with overlapping support

Abstract: For a pair of real or complex scattering potentials

v_{j} : m a t h b b R o m a t h b b C

(

j = 1, 2

) with support

I_{j}

and transfer matrix

M_{j}

, the transfer matrix of

v_{1} + v_{2}

is given by the product

M_{2} M_{1}

provided that

I_{1}

lies to the left of

I_{2}

. We explore the prospects of generalizing this composition rule for the cases that

I_{1}

and

I_{2}

have a small intersection. In particular, we show that if

I_{1}

and

I_{2}

intersect in a finite closed interval of length

e l l

in which both the potentials are analytic, then the lowest order correction to the above composition rule is proportional to

e l l^{5}

. This correction is of the order of

e l l^{3}

, if

v_{1}

and

v_{2}

are respectively analytic throughout this interval except at

x = e l l

and

x = 0

. We use these results to explore the superposition of a pair of unidirectionally invisible potentials with overlapping support.

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