Spectra of semi-infinite quantum graph tubes

DOI10.1007/S11005-016-0872-4MaRDI QIDQ331651zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stephen P. Shipman, Jeremy Tillay

Publication date 27 October 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.01466

zbMATH Keywords

complex dispersion relationembedded eigenvalueFloquet modesnanotubequantum graphspectrum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary lattice differential equations (34A33) Boundary eigenvalue problems for ordinary differential equations (34B09) Boundary value problems on graphs and networks for ordinary differential equations (34B45) Applications of boundary value problems involving ordinary differential equations (34B60) Eigenfunctions, eigenfunction expansions, completeness of eigenfunctions of ordinary differential operators (34L10) Scattering theory, inverse scattering involving ordinary differential operators (34L25) Eigenvalue problems for linear operators (47A75) Linear symmetric and selfadjoint operators (unbounded) (47B25) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Dispersion theory, dispersion relations arising in quantum theory (81U30) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

Abstract: The spectrum of a semi-infinite quantum graph tube with square period cells is analyzed. The structure is obtained by rolling up a doubly periodic quantum graph into a tube along a period vector and then retaining only a semi-infinite half of the tube. The eigenfunctions associated to the spectrum of the half-tube involve all Floquet modes of the full tube. This requires solving the complex dispersion relation $D(lambda,k_1,k_2)=0$ with $(k_1,k_2)in(mathbbC/2pimathbbZ{)}^2$ subject to the constraint $$ (mod $2pi$), where $alpha$ and $$ are integers. The number of Floquet modes for a given $lambdainmathbbR$ is $$. Rightward and leftward modes are determined according to an indefinite energy flux form. The spectrum may contain eigenvalues that depend on the boundary conditions, and some eigenvalues may be embedded in the continuous spectrum.

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