Coherent States and Modified de Broglie-Bohm Complex Quantum Trajectories

This paper examines the nature of classical correspondence in the case of coherent states at the level of quantum trajectories. We first show that for a harmonic oscillator, the coherent state complex quantum trajectories and the complex classical trajectories are identical to each other. This congruence in the complex plane, not restricted to high quantum numbers alone, illustrates that the harmonic oscillator in a coherent state executes classical motion. The quantum trajectories we consider are those conceived in a modified de Broglie-Bohm scheme. Though quantum trajectory representations are widely discussed in recent years, identical classical and quantum trajectories for coherent states are obtained only in the present approach. We may note that this result for standard harmonic oscillator coherent states is not totally unexpected because of their holomorphic nature. The study is extended to coherent states of a particle in an infinite potential well and that in a symmetric Poschl-Teller potential by solving for the trajectories numerically. For the Gazeau-Klauder coherent state of the infinite potential well, almost identical classical and quantum trajectories are obtained whereas for the Poschl-Teller potential, though classical trajectories are not regained, a periodic motion results as t→∞. Similar features were found for the SUSY quantum mechanics-based coherent states of the Poschl-Teller potential too, but this time the pattern of complex trajectories is quite different from that of the previous case. Thus we find that the method is a potential tool in analyzing the properties of generalized coherent states.     

Quantum scattering from classical field theory

We show that scattering amplitudes between initial wave packet states and certain coherent final states can be computed in a systematic weak coupling expansion about classical solutions satisfying initial-value conditions. The initial-value conditions are such as to make the solution of the classical field equations amenable to numerical methods. We propose a practical procedure for computing classical solutions which contribute to high energy two-particle scattering amplitudes. We consider in this regard the implications of a recent numerical simulation in classical SU(2) Yang-Mills theory for multiparticle scattering in quantum gauge theories and speculate on its generalization to electroweak theory. We also generalize our results to the case of complex trajectories and discuss the prospects for finding a solution to the resulting complex boundary value problem, which would allow the application of our method to any wave packet to coherent state transition. Finally, we discuss the relevance of these results to the issues of baryon number violation and multiparticle scattering at high energies.     

Classical breathers and quantum coherent states in discrete NLS systems

We present a comparison of quantum and “semiclassical” trajectories of coherent states that correspond to classical breather solutions of finite discrete nonlinear Schrödinger (DNLS) lattices. The main goal is to explain earlier numerical observations of recurrent return to the vicinity of initial coherent states corresponding to stable breathers that are also spatially localized. This effect can be considered as a quantum manifestation of classical spatial localization. We show that these phenomena are encoded in a simple expression for the distance between the quantum and semiclassical states that involves the basic frequencies of the classical and quantum systems, as well as the breather amplitude and quantum spectral decomposition of the system. A corollary is that recurrence phenomena are robust under perturbation of the initial conditions for stable breathers.     

Coherent states of the inverted Caldirola-Kanai oscillator with time-dependent singularities

The coherent states for a system of time-dependent singular potentials coupled to inverted CK (Caldirola-Kanai) oscillator are investigated by employing invariant operator method and Lie algebraic approach. We considered Coulomb potential and inverse quadratic potential as singularities of the system. The spectrum of quantum states is discrete for λ < 0 while continuous for λ ? 0. The probability densities for both Fock state and coherent state are converged to the center as time goes by according to the dissipation of energy. We confirmed that the probability density in the coherent state oscillates back and forth like a classical wave packet.     

矩形弹子球中的量子谱和经典周期轨道

利用SU(2)相干态的表示,我们构造了二维矩形弹子球中与经典周期轨道对应的波函数.经典周期轨道和量子波函数之间的关系可以通过物理图像清晰的表示出来.另外,利用周期轨道理论,我们计算了二维矩形弹子球体系的量子谱的傅立叶变换ρ(L).变换谱|ρN(L)|2对L图像中的峰可以和粒子在二维矩形腔中运动的经典轨迹的长度相比较.量子谱中的每一条峰正好对应一条经典周期轨道的长度,表明量子力学和经典力学的对应关系.     

Compact (correlated) coherent states of an electron moving in the field of a plane electromagnetic wave

Compact coherent states of the relativistic electron which satisfy the conditions of completeness and orthogonality are constructed in the field of a plane electromagnetic wave. The physical sense of the quantum parameters introduced is defined, as well as their connection with the indeterminacy of coordinates and momentum. The breakdown of the coherent state is found with respect to all possible states which correspond to various classical trajectories of a particle, and the association of the derived results with Volkov's solutions is established. Tomsk Pedagogical Institute. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 45–49, February, 1993.     

Impurity-related optical response in a 2D and 3D quantum dot with Gaussian confinement under intense laser field

ABSTRACT

Using the two-dimensional (2D) diagonalisation method, the impurity-related electronic states and optical response in a 2D quantum dot with Gaussian confinement potential under nonresonant intense laser field are investigated. The effects of a hydrogenic impurity on the energy spectrum and binding energy of the electron and also intersubband optical absorption are calculated. The obtained numerical results show that the degeneracies of the excited electron states are broken and the absorption spectrum exhibits a redshift with the values of the laser field. The findings indicate a new degree of freedom to tune the performance of novel optoelectronic devices, based on the quantum dots and to control their specific properties by means of intense laser field and hydrogenic donor impurity. Using the same Gaussian confinement model, the electronic properties of a confined electron in the region of a spherical quantum dot are studied under the combined effects of on-centre donor impurity and a linearly polarised intense laser radiation. The three-dimensional problem is used to theoretically model, with very good agreement, some experimental findings reported in the literature related to the photoluminescence peak energy transition.     

Mesoscopic quantum coherence in an optical lattice

We observe the quantum coherent dynamics of atomic spinor wave packets in the double-well potentials of a far-off-resonance optical lattice. With appropriate initial conditions the system Rabi oscillates between the left and right localized states of the ground doublet, and at certain times the wave packet corresponds to a coherent superposition of these mesoscopically distinct quantum states. The atom/optical double-well potential is a flexible and powerful system for further study of quantum coherence, quantum control, and the quantum/classical transition.     

Gamma-ray tuning by stimulated emission of recoilphonons

Tuning of gamma radiation by exciting the ultrasonic vibrations of different coherency degree in crystals is discussed. The quantum approach based on the formalism of coherent quantum states is used to take into account statistical properties of the stimulating ultrasonic wave. Multi-quantum transitions with emission of gamma quanta and simultaneous stimulated emission of recoil phonons or absorption of one or several phonons from an external ultrasonic wave are considered as an example of multi-quantum transitions with quanta coupled to different degrees of freedom of the radiating nuclei. The spectrum of gamma radiation is determined for a partially coherent stimulating ultrasonic wave with fixed amplitude and uncertain phase, and completely incoherent casual acoustic oscillations. A comparison is made with some known results obtained by both classical and quantum methods. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Coherent control via interplay between driving field and two-body interaction in a double well

We investigate interplay between external field and interatomic interaction and its applications to coherent control of quantum tunneling for two repulsive bosons confined in a high-frequency driven double well. By using a full solution which is generated analytically as a coherent non-Floquet state, three kinds of the stationary-like states (SLSs) with different degeneracies are illustrated, which corresponding to the different coherent destructions of tunneling (CDT) at the Floquet level-crossing, avoided-crossing and uncrossing points. The analytical results are numerically confirmed and perfect agreements are found. Based on the results, a useful scheme of quantum tunneling switch between the SLSs is presented.     

Principles of maximally classical and maximally realistic quantum mechanics

Recently Auberson, Mahoux, Roy and Singh have proved a long standing conjecture of Roy and Singh: In 2N-dimensional phase space, a maximally realistic quantum mechanics can have quantum probabilities of no more than N+1 complete commuting cets (CCS) of observables coexisting as marginals of one positive phase space density. Here I formulate a stationary principle which gives a nonperturbative definition of a maximally classical as well as maximally realistic phase space density. I show that the maximally classical trajectories are in fact exactly classical in the simple examples of coherent states and bound states of an oscillator and Gaussian free particle states. In contrast, it is known that the de Broglie-Bohm realistic theory gives highly nonclassical trajectories.     

Analytic perturbative classification and assignment of eigenstates of algebraic vibrational Hamiltonians

We show how a classification and assignment for highly excited molecular vibrational states obtained previously by wave function inspection can also be obtained by analytic perturbative methods. This gives additional insight into the meaning of the classification. In addition it allows one to predict beforehand in which region of the spectrum which class of states is to be expected. As examples we present the class of states in DCO which are based on the coupling of the bend with the DC stretch, the class of states of DCO without any coupling and the bend vibrational states of acetylene at both ends of the spectrum within a given polyad. Thereby we learn the exact definition and meaning of the transverse quantum numbers. As a byproduct we get for the nonintegrable original Hamiltonian, integrable approximations which are valid in a restricted region of the phase space classically or for one class of states quantum mechanically.     

An Approach to Construct Wave Packets with Complete Classical-Quantum Correspondence in Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics

We introduce a method to construct wave packets with complete classical and quantum correspondence in one-dimensional non-relativistic quantum mechanics. First, we consider two similar oscillators with equal total energy. In classical domain, we can easily solve this model and obtain the trajectories in the space of variables. This picture in the quantum level is equivalent with a hyperbolic partial differential equation which gives us a freedom for choosing the initial wave function and its initial slope. By taking advantage of this freedom, we propose a method to choose an appropriate initial condition which is independent from the form of the oscillators. We then construct the wave packets for some cases and show that these wave packets closely follow the whole classical trajectories and peak on them. Moreover, we use de-Broglie Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics to quantify this correspondence and show that the resulting Bohmian trajectories are also in complete agreement with their classical counterparts.     

Coherent state polarons in quantum wells

We investigate the polaronic effects of an electron confined in a quantum well, which we describe through its algebraic properties using su(1,1), taking into account the electron-bulk longitudinal-optical phonon interaction. We construct the variational wave function as the direct product of an electronic part and a part describing coherent phonons generated by the Low–Lee–Pines transformation from the vacuum state. We use two explicit forms of coherent states, Perelomov and Barut-Girardello states, to represent the electronic part in the quantum well spectrum. Our results show that in a coherent state basis for electrons the basic polaron parameters such as the energy gap shift and effective mass are further enhanced compared to those obtained with the conventional sinusoidal form of the basis. The difference between the two types of quantum well coherent states appears in polaronic interactions in quantum wells. We extend the calculations in order to estimate polaron lifetimes for a variety of different material systems.     

Stueckelberg Oscillations in a Two‐State Two‐Path Model of a Conical Intersection

The two‐state two‐path model is introduced as a minimized model to describe the quantum dynamics of an electronic wave packet in the vicinity of a conical intersection. It involves two electronic potential energy surfaces each of which hosts a pair of quasi‐classical trajectories over which the wave packet is assumed to be delocalized. When both trajectories evolve dynamically either diabatically or adiabatically, the full wave packet dynamics shows only features of the dynamics around avoided level crossings in the vicinity of the conical intersection. When one trajectory evolves adiabatically whereas the other trajectory follows a diabatic evolution, quantum mechanical interference of the wave packet components on each path generates Stueckelberg oscillations in the transition probability. These are surprisingly robust against a dissipative environment and, thus, should be a marker for conical intersections.     

Dynamics of electron in a surface quantum well

This paper studies the quantum dynamics of electrons in a surface quantum well in the time domain with autocorrelation of wave packet. The evolution of the wave packet for different manifold eigenstates with finite and infinite lifetimes is investigated analytically. It is found that the quantum coherence and evolution of the surface electronic wave packet can be controlled by the laser central energy and electric field. The results show that the finite lifetime of excited states expedites the dephasing of the coherent electronic wave packet significantly. The correspondence between classical and quantum mechanics is shown explicitly in the system.     

Observation of surface-avoiding waves: a new class of extended states in periodic media

Coherent time-domain optical experiments on GaAs-AlAs superlattices reveal the existence of an unusually long-lived acoustic mode at approximately 0.6 THz which couples weakly to the environment by evading the sample boundaries. Classical as well as quantum states that steer clear of surfaces are generally shown to occur in the spectrum of periodic structures, for most boundary conditions. These surface-avoiding waves are associated with frequencies outside forbidden gaps and wave vectors in the vicinity of the center and edge of the Brillouin zone. Possible consequences for surface science and resonant-cavity applications are discussed.     

Non-relativistic Quantum Theory at Finite Temperature

We propose the non-relativistic finite temperature quantum wave equations for a single particle and multiple particles. We give the relation between energy eigenvalues, eigenfunctions, transition frequency and temperature, and obtain some results: (1) when the degeneracies of two energy levels are same, the transition frequency between the two energy levels is unchanged when the temperature is changed. (2) When the degeneracies of two energy levels are different, the variance of transition frequency at two energy levels is direct proportion to temperature difference.