Semiclassical investigation of the revival phenomena in a one-dimensional system

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/28/285304zbMATH Open1167.81378arXiv0811.1936OpenAlexW3101495128MaRDI QIDQ5192096FDOQ5192096

Authors: Zhexian Wang, Eric J. Heller 

Publication date: 4 August 2009

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

Abstract: In a quantum revival, a localized wavepacket re-forms or "revives" into a compact reincarnation of itself long after it has spread in an unruly fashion over a region restricted only by the potential energy. This is a purely quantum phenomenon, which has no classical analog. Quantum revival, and Anderson localization, are members of a small class of subtle interference effects resulting in a quantum distribution radically different from the classical after long time evolution under classically nonlinear evolution. However it is not clear that semiclassical methods, which start with the classical density and add interference effects, are in fact capable of capturing the revival phenomenon. Here we investigate two different one dimensional systems, the infinite square well and Morse potential. In both cases, after a long time the underlying classical manifolds are spread rather uniformly over phase space and are correspondingly spread in coordinate space, yet the semiclassical amplitudes are able to destructively interfere over most of coordinate space and constructively interfere in a small region, correctly reproducing a quantum revival. Further implications of this ability are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1936

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30)

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