Adiabatic approximation, semiclassical scattering, and unidirectional invisibility

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/47/12/125301MaRDI QIDQ5410982zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ali Mostafazadeh

Publication date 17 April 2014

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.4315

zbMATH Keywords

adiabatic approximationcomplex scattering potentialsemiclassical scatteringunidirectional invisibility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

Abstract: The transfer matrix of a possibly complex and energy-dependent scattering potential can be identified with the $S$-matrix of a two-level time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian H(t). We show that the application of the adiabatic approximation to H(t) corresponds to the semiclassical description of the original scattering problem. In particular, the geometric part of the phase of the evolving eigenvectors of H(t) gives the pre-exponential factor of the WKB wave functions. We use these observations to give an explicit semiclassical expression for the transfer matrix. This allows for a detailed study of the semiclassical unidirectional reflectionlessness and invisibility. We examine concrete realizations of the latter in the realm of optics.

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