Related papers: Paraxial wave propagation: Operator techniques
We use the concept of coupled quantum harmonic oscillators to model the propagation environment in which a quantum link carrying either classical or quantum information operates. Using the analogy between the paraxial optical wave equation…
In this note we study the properties of a sequence of approximate propagators for the Schr\"odinger equation, in the spirit of Feynman's path integrals. Precisely, we consider Hamiltonian operators arising as the Weyl quantization of a…
In this work apply the algebra of operators of quantum mechanics in the Helmholtz wave equation in cylindrical coordinates in paraxial approximation to describe the raising and lowering operators for the Laguerre-Gauss modes.
A simple version for the extension of the Taylor theorem to the operator functions was found. The expansion was done with respect to a value given by a diagonal matrix for the non-commutative case, and the coefficients are given both by…
In this paper we study a Sturm--Liouville operator $Ly=-y"+q(x)y$ in the space $L_2[0,\pi]$ with Direchlet boundary conditions. Here the potential $q$ is a first order distribution: $q\in W_2^{-1}[0,\pi]$. Such operators were defined in our…
Uniform asymptotic approximations are obtained for the prolate spheroidal wave functions, in the high-frequency case. The results are obtained by an application of certain existing asymptotic solutions of differential equations, and involve…
The WKB approximation plays an essential role in the development of quantum mechanics and various important results have been obtained from it. In this paper, we introduce another method, {\it the so-called uniform asymptotic…
In this work, we prove the existence of wave operator for the following generalized derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \begin{align*} i\partial_t u+\partial_x^2 u +i |u|^{2\sigma}\partial_x u=0, \end{align*} with…
The curved spacetime Maxwell equations are applied to the anisotropically expanding Kasner metrics. Using the application of vector identities we derive 2$^\textrm{nd}$-order differential wave equations for the electromagnetic field…
In this article we give explicit solutions for the wave equations associated to the modified Schr\"odinger operators with magnetic field on the disc and the upper half plane models of the hyperbolic plane. We show that the modified…
The position operator (defined within the Schroedinger representation in the standard way) becomes meaningless when periodic boundary conditions are adopted for the wavefunction, as usual in condensed matter physics. We show how to define…
A hidden symmetry of the nonlinear wave equation is exploited to analyse the propagation of paraxial and uniform atom-laser beams in time-independent, quadratic and cylindrical potentials varying smoothly along the propagation axis. The…
We propose a quantum algorithm that simulates the propagation of a light field through a weakly inhomogeneous medium. The wave equation in the paraxial approximation in inhomogeneous material takes the form of the Schr\"odinger equation…
We prove dispersive bounds for fractional Schr\"odinger operators on $\mathbb R^n$ of the form $H=(-\Delta)^{\alpha}+V$ with $V$ a real-valued, decaying potential and $\alpha \notin\mathbb N$. We derive pointwise bounds on the resolvent…
In quantum mechanics, the space-fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation provides a natural extension of the standard Schr\"{o}dinger equation when the Brownian trajectories in Feynman path integrals are replaced by Levy flights. Here an optical…
In this paper, we study a Schr\"odinger-type equation featuring a derivative in the nonlinear term and incorporating diffusion effects. This type of equation arises in various physical applications, such as modeling low-order magnetization…
The use of operator methods of algebraic nature is shown to be a very powerful tool to deal with different forms of relativistic wave equations. The methods provide either exact or approximate solutions for various forms of differential…
The evaluation of vector wave fields can be accurately performed by means of diffraction integrals, differential equations and also series expansions. In this paper, a Bessel series expansion which basis relies on the exact solution of the…
We address the function space theory associated with the Schroedinger operator H. The discussion is featured with the Poeschl-Teller potential in quantum physics. Using biorthogonal dyadic system, we introduce Besov spaces and…
We study the paraxial wave equation with a randomly perturbed index of refraction, which can model the propagation of a wave beam in a turbulent medium. The random perturbation is a stationary and isotropic process with a general form of…