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Freezable bound states in the continuum for time-dependent quantum potentials

Quantum Physics 2022-05-25 v1

Abstract

In this work, we construct time-dependent potentials for the Schr\"odinger equation via supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The generated potentials have a quantum state with the property that after a particular threshold time tFt_F, when the potential does no longer change, the evolving state becomes a bound state in the continuum, its probability distribution freezes. After the factorization of a geometric phase, the state satisfies a stationary Schr\"odinger equation with time-independent potential. The procedure can be extended to support more than one bound state in the continuum. Closed expressions for the potential, the bound states in the continuum, and scattering states are given for the examples starting from the free particle.

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@article{arxiv.2112.04544,
  title  = {Freezable bound states in the continuum for time-dependent quantum potentials},
  author = {Izamar Gutiérrez Altamirano and Alonso Contreras-Astorga and Alfredo Raya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.04544},
  year   = {2022}
}

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19 pages, 5 figures

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