从量子谱到经典轨道：矩形腔中的弹子球

用体系的本征值和本征波函数定义一种新的量子谱函数．这种量子谱函数的傅里叶变换包含了体系从一个给定点到另一个给定点的许多经典轨道的信息．以二维矩形腔中的弹子球运动体系为例的初步研究验证了这一结论．　　 关键词： 经典量子对应 半经典物理     

Initial conditions of closed classical orbits from quantum spectra

A method is presented for determining the initial conditions of classical orbits from the quantum spectra of the diamagnetic hydrogen atom. Each classical trajectory which is closed at the nucleus produces a sinusoidal fluctuation in the photoabsorption spectrum. The amplitude of each orbit's contribution appears in the Fourier transform of a spectrum computed at constant scaled energy. For a given initial state, closed-orbit theory gives the dependence of this recurrence amplitude on the initial angle of an orbit. By comparing the recurrence amplitudes for different initial states, the initial conditions of closed classical orbits are determined from quantum spectra. (c) 1996 American Institute of Physics.     

Magnetic monopoles: From classical to quantum physics

A modified Metropolis algorithm is developed and used to construct axial-symmetric and multimonopole classical solutions in the (lattice-regularized) SO(3) Georgi-Glashow model outside the BPS limit. As an example one of those solutions is then used as an ansatz to study the quantum stability of the configuration.     

等腰直角三角形的二维量子谱和经典轨道

本文研究了等腰直角三角形中基于其波函数和能级结构的二维量子谱．虽然这个量子台球系统的本征态是无法分离的,但是关于两个变量的问题是完全可解的．通过对二维量子系统的波函数做相应的傅里叶变换,得到了系统的二维量子谱,把得到的结果和经典的二维量子台球轨道做相应性的对比发现：傅里叶变换的量子谱的峰值位置和经典轨道的长度之间存在着很好的对应关系,这说明经典计算的结果和量子计算的结果符合得非常好,从而进一步验证了周期轨道理论的正确性．     

Observing quantum trajectories: From Mott’s problem to quantum Zeno effect and back

The experimental results of Kocsis et al., Mahler et al. and the proposed experiments of Morley et al. show that it is possible to construct “trajectories” in interference regions in a two-slit interferometer. These results call for a theoretical re-appraisal of the notion of a “quantum trajectory” first introduced by Dirac and in the present paper we re-examine this notion from the Bohm perspective based on Hamiltonian flows. In particular, we examine the short-time propagator and the role that the quantum potential plays in determining the form of these trajectories. These trajectories differ from those produced in a typical particle tracker and the key to this difference lies in the active suppression of the quantum potential necessary to produce Mott-type trajectories. We show, using a rigorous mathematical argument, how the active suppression of this potential arises. Finally we discuss in detail how this suppression also accounts for the quantum Zeno effect.     

Two-dimensional supersymmetry: From SUSY quantum mechanics to integrable classical models

Two known two-dimensional SUSY quantum mechanical constructions—the direct generalization of SUSY with first-order supercharges and higher-order SUSY with second-order supercharges—are combined for a class of 2-dim quantum models, which are not amenable to separation of variables. The appropriate classical limit of quantum systems allows us to construct SUSY-extensions of original classical scalar Hamiltonians. Special emphasis is placed on the symmetry properties of the models thus obtained—the explicit expressions of quantum symmetry operators and of classical integrals of motion are given for all (scalar and matrix) components of SUSY-extensions. Using Grassmanian variables, the symmetry operators and classical integrals of motion are written in a unique form for the whole Superhamiltonian. The links of the approach to the classical Hamilton-Jacobi method for related “flipped” potentials are established.     

Entanglement entropy converges to classical entropy around periodic orbits

We consider oscillators evolving subject to a periodic driving force that dynamically entangles them, and argue that this gives the linearized evolution around periodic orbits in a general chaotic Hamiltonian dynamical system. We show that the entanglement entropy, after tracing over half of the oscillators, generically asymptotes to linear growth at a rate given by the sum of the positive Lyapunov exponents of the system. These exponents give a classical entropy growth rate, in the sense of Kolmogorov, Sinai and Pesin. We also calculate the dependence of this entropy on linear mixtures of the oscillator Hilbert-space factors, to investigate the dependence of the entanglement entropy on the choice of coarse graining. We find that for almost all choices the asymptotic growth rate is the same.     

谐振子系统的量子-经典轨道、Berry相及Hannay角

从量子-经典轨道和几何相两方面, 研究了二维旋转平移谐振子系统的量子-经典对应. 通过广义规范变换得到了Lissajous经典周期轨道和Hannay角. 另外, 使用含时规范变换解析推导了旋转平移谐振子系统Schrödinger方程的本征波函数和Berry相, 得出结论: 原规范中的非绝热Berry相是经典Hannay角的-n倍. 最后, 使用SU(2)自旋相干态叠加, 构造一稳态波函数, 其波函数的概率云很好地局域于经典轨道上, 满足几何相位和经典轨道同时对应.     

From quantum light emitted by single molecule to classical light emitted by molecular ensemble

Fluorescence from an ensemble of noninteracting molecules excited by continuous laser radiation is considered as a glow of M individual molecules. The expression that governs the autocorrelation function (ACF) of fluorescence from M molecules is derived based on the theoretical expression that governs the ACF of fluorescence from a single-molecule. Fluctuations of blinking fluorescence and its statistical properties are analyzed using a computer simulation. The results of statistical analysis of the computer experiment are in good agreement with the derived formula that governs the ACF of fluorescence from several molecules.     

Crossover from quantum to classical transport

Understanding the crossover from quantum to classical transport has become of fundamental importance not only for technological applications due to the creation of sub-10-nm transistors – an important building block of our modern life – but also for elucidating the role played by quantum mechanics in the evolutionary fitness of biological complexes. This article provides a basic introduction into the nature of charge and energy transport in the quantum and classical regimes. It discusses the characteristic transport properties in both limits and demonstrates how they can be connected through the loss of quantum mechanical coherence. The salient features of the crossover physics are identified, and their importance in opening new transport regimes and in understanding efficient and robust energy transport in biological complexes are demonstrated.     

Coherent quantum oscillation trajectories

We discuss coherent oscillations in the quantum potential view of quantum mechanics, giving examples for both a superposition of position states, and a superposition of momentum states.     

Periodic orbits in glycolytic oscillators: From elliptic orbits to relaxation oscillations

We consider the Sel’kov model of glycolytic oscillator for a quantitative study of the limit cycle oscillations in the system. We identify a region of parameter space where perturbation theory holds and use both Linstedt Poincaré technique and harmonic balance to obtain the shape and frequency of the limit cycle. The agreement with the numerically obtained result is excellent. We also find a different extreme, where the limit cycle is of the relaxation oscillator variety, has a large time period and it is seen that, as a particular parameter in the model is varied, the time period increases indefinitely. We characterize this divergence numerically. A calculational method is devised to capture the divergence approximately.     

From quantum optics to quantum communications

We review the possible roles of quantum optics and quantum information methods for future developments of optical telecommunications. To cite this article: I. Abram, P. Grangier, C. R. Physique 4 (2003).