Scattering in twisted waveguides

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2013.09.026MaRDI QIDQ477017zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Philippe Briet, Hynek Kovařík, G. D. Raikov

Publication date 2 December 2014

Published in Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2111

wave operators Mourre estimates twisted waveguides

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum dots, waveguides, ratchets, etc. (81Q37) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

Abstract: We consider a twisted quantum waveguide i.e. a domain of the form Omega_{ heta} : = r_ heta omega imes R, where omega subset R^2 is a bounded domain, and r_ heta = r_ heta(x_3) is a rotation by the angle heta(x_3) depending on the longitudinal variable x_3. We investigate the nature of the essential spectrum of the Dirichlet Laplacian H_ heta, self-adjoint in L^2 (Omega_ heta), and consider related scattering problems. First, we show that if the derivative of the difference heta_1 - heta_2 decays fast enough as |x_3| goes to infinity, then the wave operators for the operator pair (H_{ heta_1}, H_{ heta_2}) exist and are complete. Further, we concentrate on appropriate perturbations of constant twisting, i.e. heta' = �eta - epsilon, with constant �eta in R, and epsilon which decays fast enough at infinity together with its first derivative. In this case the unperturbed operator corresponding to epsilon is an analytically fibered Hamiltonian with purely absolutely continuous spectrum. Obtaining Mourre estimates with a suitable conjugate operator, we prove, in particular, that the singular continuous spectrum of H_ heta, is empty.

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