Singular mapping for a PT-symmetric sinusoidal optical lattice at the symmetry-breaking threshold

DOI10.1007/S10773-014-2432-YMaRDI QIDQ905182zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hugh F. Jones

Publication date 14 January 2016

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.6451

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40)

Abstract: A popular $PT$-symmetric optical potential (variation of the refractive index) that supports a variety of interesting and unusual phenomena is the imaginary exponential, the limiting case of the potential $V_0[cos(2pix/a)+ilambdasin(2pix/a)]$ as $lambdao1$, the symmetry-breaking point. For $lambda<1$, when the spectrum is entirely real, there is a well-known mapping by a similarity transformation to an equivalent Hermitian potential. However, as $lambdao1$, the spectrum, while remaining real, contains Jordan blocks in which eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenfunctions coincide. In this limit the similarity transformation becomes singular. Nonetheless, we show that the mapping from the original potential to its Hermitian counterpart can still be implemented; however, the inverse mapping breaks down. We also illuminate the role of Jordan associated functions in the original problem, showing that they map onto eigenfunctions in the associated Hermitian problem.

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