Evolution of a model quantum system under time periodic forcing: conditions for complete ionization

DOI10.1007/S002200100455MaRDI QIDQ5953638zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors O. Costin, R. D. Costin, Joel Lebowitz, A. Rokhlenko

Publication date 27 January 2002

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0011001

zbMATH Keywords

attractive delta function potential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05)

Abstract: We analyze the time evolution of a one-dimensional quantum system with an attractive delta function potential whose strength is subjected to a time periodic (zero mean) parametric variation $eta(t)$. We show that for generic $eta(t)$, which includes the sum of any finite number of harmonics, the system, started in a bound state will get fully ionized as $toinfty$. This is irrespective of the magnitude or frequency (resonant or not) of $eta(t)$. There are however exceptional, very non-generic $eta(t)$, that do not lead to full ionization, which include rather simple explicit periodic functions. For these $eta(t)$ the system evolves to a nontrivial localized stationary state which is related to eigenfunctions of the Floquet operator.

Review text

The time evolution of an one-dimensional quantum system with an attractive delta function potential whose strength is subjected to a time periodic parameter variation \(\eta(t)\) is considered in this paper. The authors discuss the solutions of the Schrödinger equation \[ i\hslash\partial_t\psi= [H_0+ H_1(t)]\psi,\tag{1} \] where \(\psi\) is the wavefunction of the system, belonging to some Hilbert space \({\mathcal H}\), \(H_0\) and \(H_1\) are Hermitian operators and equation (1) is to be solved subject to some initial condition \(\psi_0\); this problem can be reduced to the solution of an integral equation in a single variable. Setting \[ Y(t)= \psi(x=0,t) \eta(t) e^{it},\tag{2} \] \(Y(t)\) satisfies the integral equation \[ Y(t)= \eta_{(t)} \Biggl\{ I(t)+ \int_0^t [2i+ M(t-t')] Y(t') dt'\Biggr\}. \tag{3} \] If give certain limitation to \(M(t-t')\) in equation (3), then the \(Y(t)\) can be solved from (3) explicitly, and thus some new results can be obtained.

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