Resonant alteration of propagation in guiding structures with complex Robin parameter and its magnetic-field-induced restoration

Abstract: Solutions of the scalar Helmholtz wave equation are derived for the analysis of the transport and thermodynamic properties of the two-dimensional disk and three-dimensional infinitely long straight wire in the external uniform longitudinal magnetic field

under the assumption that the Robin boundary condition contains extrapolation length

L a m b d a

with nonzero imaginary part

L a m b d a_{i}

. As a result of this complexity, the self-adjointness of the Hamiltonian is lost, its eigenvalues

E

become complex too and the discrete bound states of the disk characteristic for the real

L a m b d a

turn into the corresponding quasibound states with their lifetime defined by the eigenenergies imaginary parts

E_{i}

. Accordingly, the longitudinal flux undergoes an alteration as it flows along the wire with its attenuation/amplification being

E_{i}

-dependent too. It is shown that, for zero magnetic field, the component

E_{i}

as a function of the Robin imaginary part exhibits a pronounced sharp extremum with its magnitude being the largest for the zero real part

L a m b d a_{r}

of the extrapolation length. Increasing magnitude of

L a m b d a_{r}

quenches the

E_{i} - L a m b d a_{i}

resonance and at very large

L a m b d a_{r}

the eigenenergies

E

approach the asymptotic real values independent of

L a m b d a_{i}

. The extremum is also wiped out by the magnetic field when, for the large

B

, the energies tend to the Landau levels. Mathematical and physical interpretations of the obtained results are provided; in particular, it is shown that the finite lifetime of the disk quasibound states stems from the

L a m b d a_{i}

-induced currents flowing through the sample boundary. Possible experimental tests of the calculated effect are discussed; namely, it is argued that it can be observed in superconductors by applying to them the external electric field

c a l E

normal to the surface.

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