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Non-standard FDTD implementation of the Schr\"odinger equation

Computational Physics 2017-09-29 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

In this work, we apply the Cole's non-standard form of the FDTD to solve the time dependent Schr\"odinger equation. We deduce the equations for the non-standard FDTD considering an electronic wave function in the presence of potentials which can be higher or lower in comparison with the energy of the electron. The non-standard term is found to be almost the same, except for a sine functions which is transformed to a hyperbolic sine function,as the argument is imaginary when the potential has higher energy than the electron. Perfectly Matched Layers using this methodology are also presented.

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@article{arxiv.1709.09800,
  title  = {Non-standard FDTD implementation of the Schr\"odinger equation},
  author = {José Manuel Nápoles-Duarte and Marco Antonio Chavez-Rojo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.09800},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure