Single-particle matter wave pulses

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/38/45/006MaRDI QIDQ5714930zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Adolfo del Campo, J. G. Muga

Publication date 16 December 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0506103

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05)

Abstract: We study the properties of quantum single-particle wave pulses created by sharp-edged or apodized shutters with single or periodic openings. In particular, we examine the visibility of diffraction fringes depending on evolution time and temperature; the purity of the state depending on the opening-time window; the accuracy of a simplified description which uses ``source boundary conditions instead of solving an initial value problem; and the effects of apodization on the energy width.

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