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A harmonic oscillator under influence of the noise is a basic model of various physical phenomena. Under Gaussian white noise the position and velocity of the oscillator are independent random variables which are distributed according to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-07-01 Igor M. Sokolov , Bartlomiej Dybiec , Werner Ebelling

Since Pancharatnam's 1956 discovery of optical geometric phase, and Berry's 1984 discovery of geometric phase in quantum systems, researchers analyzing geometric phase have focused almost exclusively on algebraic approaches using the Jones…

We consider two-dimensional harmonic oscillator in the complex Bargmann-Fock-Segal representation with $T^*{\mathbb R}^{2}={\mathbb C}^2$ as classical phase space. We show that the eigenfunctions $\psi_n$ of the quantum Hamiltonian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Alexander D. Popov

We study the generalized harmonic oscillator which has both the position-dependent mass and the potential depending on the form of mass function in a more general framework. The explicit expressions of the eigenvalue and eigenfunction for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-07-24 Ju Guo-Xing , Cai Chang-Ying , Ren Zhong-Zhou

Many intracellular processes continue to oscillate during the cell cycle. Although it is not well-understood how they are affected by discontinuities in the cellular environment, the general assumption is that oscillations remain robust…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2014-09-25 David S. Tourigny

The Fourier series method is used to solve the homogeneous equation governing the motion of the harmonic oscillator. It is shown that the general solution to the problem can be found in a surprisingly simple way for the case of the simple…

General Physics · Physics 2013-10-01 A. S. de Castro

We develop a geometric description of structured Gaussian beams, a form a structured light, by applying geometric quantisation and symplectic reduction to the 2D harmonic oscillator. Our results show that the geometric quantisation of the…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-27 Kerr Maxwell

The polarization matrix ($2\times2$) obtained from two component eigen-spinors of spherical harmonics help us to evaluate the differential matrix $N$ of the anisotropic optical medium. The geometric phase is realized through {\it helicity}…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dipti Banerjee

For any orthogonal polynomials system on real line we construct an appropriate oscillator algebra such that the polynomials make up the eigenfunctions system of the oscillator hamiltonian. The general scheme is divided into two types: a…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 V. V. Borzov

The paper presents a new method of geometric solution of a Schrodinger equation by a construction of an equivalent first-order partial differential equation with a bigger number of variables. The equivalent equation shall be restricted to a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-06-07 Fadhel Almalki , Vladimir V. Kisil

The motion of a handle spinning in space has an odd behavior. It seems to unexpectedly flip back and forth in a periodic manner as seen in a popular YouTube video. As an asymmetrical top, its motion is completely described by the Euler…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Nicholas A. Mecholsky

Time-dependent $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric quantum mechanics is featured by a varying inner-product metric and has stimulated a number of interesting studies beyond conventional quantum mechanics. In this paper, we explore geometric aspects of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-13 Da-Jian Zhang , Qing-hai Wang , Jiangbin Gong

We derive an elegant solution for a two-level system evolving adiabatically under the influence of a driving field with a time-dependent phase, which includes open system effects such as dephasing and spontaneous emission. This solution,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ingo Kamleitner , James D. Cresser , Barry C. Sanders

The gauge invariance of geometric phases for mixed states is analyzed by using the hidden local gauge symmetry which arises from the arbitrariness of the choice of the basis set defining the coordinates in the functional space. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kazuo Fujikawa

We show how geometric phases may be used to fully describe quantum systems, with or without gravity, by providing knowledge about the geometry and topology of its Hilbert space. We find a direct relation between geometric phases and von…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-05 Souvik Banerjee , Moritz Dorband , Johanna Erdmenger , Anna-Lena Weigel

We investigate the connection between the linear harmonic oscillator equation and some classes of second order nonlinear ordinary differential equations of Li\'enard and generalized Li\'enard type, which physically describe important…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-05-26 Tiberiu Harko , Shi-Dong Liang

Dynamical phases are obtained for a quantum thermal engine, whose working medium is a single harmonic oscillator. The dynamics of this engine is obtained by using four steps where in two steps the time dependent frequency is changing. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-07 Y. Ben-Aryeh

Geometric phases play an enormous role in optics and are generally associated with the evolution of light's polarization state on the Poincar\'{e} sphere, or its spin on the sphere of spin directions. Here we put forward a new kind of…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-28 Alex J. Vernon , Konstantin Y. Bliokh

We show the explicit expression of the geometric phase for $n$-partite Gaussian states. In our analysis, the covariance matrix can be obtained as a boundary term of the geometric phase.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-30 Angel Garcia-Chung

We present some new derivations of the effect of a plane gravitational wave on a light ray. A simple interpretation of the results is that a gravitational wave causes a phase modulation of electromagnetic waves. We arrive at this picture…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-17 Raymond Angélil , Prasenjit Saha