We develop generalized coherent states for a class of nonlinear oscillators with position-dependent effective mass in the context of the Gazeau–Klauder formalism and discuss some of their properties. In order to inve...We develop generalized coherent states for a class of nonlinear oscillators with position-dependent effective mass in the context of the Gazeau–Klauder formalism and discuss some of their properties. In order to investigate the temporal evolution we first explore the statistical properties by means of weighting distribution and the Mandel parameter. It is found that the temporal evolution of the coherent states may exhibit the phenomena of quantum revivals and fractional revivals for a particular choice of position-dependent mass oscillator.展开更多
Position-dependent-mass systems are of great importance in many physical situations,such as the transport of charge carriers in semiconductors with non-uniform composition and in the theory of many-body interactions i...Position-dependent-mass systems are of great importance in many physical situations,such as the transport of charge carriers in semiconductors with non-uniform composition and in the theory of many-body interactions in condensed matter.Here we investigate,numerically and analytically,the phenomenon of fractional revivals in such systems,which is a generic characteristic manifested by the wave-packet evolution in bounded Hamiltonian systems.Identifying the fractional revivals using specific probes is an important task in the theory of quantum measurement and sensing.We numerically simulate the temporal evolution of probability density and information entropy density,which manifest self-similarly recurring interference patterns,namely,quantum carpets.Our numerical results show that the quantum carpets not only serve as an effective probe for recognizing the fractional revivals of various order but they efficiently describe the effect of spatially-varying mass on the structure of fractional revivals,which is manifested as a symmetry breaking in their designs.展开更多
文摘We develop generalized coherent states for a class of nonlinear oscillators with position-dependent effective mass in the context of the Gazeau–Klauder formalism and discuss some of their properties. In order to investigate the temporal evolution we first explore the statistical properties by means of weighting distribution and the Mandel parameter. It is found that the temporal evolution of the coherent states may exhibit the phenomena of quantum revivals and fractional revivals for a particular choice of position-dependent mass oscillator.
基金Financial support from Higher Education Commission(HEC)of Pakistan,under Grant No.20-14808/NRPU/R&D/HEC/20212021
文摘Position-dependent-mass systems are of great importance in many physical situations,such as the transport of charge carriers in semiconductors with non-uniform composition and in the theory of many-body interactions in condensed matter.Here we investigate,numerically and analytically,the phenomenon of fractional revivals in such systems,which is a generic characteristic manifested by the wave-packet evolution in bounded Hamiltonian systems.Identifying the fractional revivals using specific probes is an important task in the theory of quantum measurement and sensing.We numerically simulate the temporal evolution of probability density and information entropy density,which manifest self-similarly recurring interference patterns,namely,quantum carpets.Our numerical results show that the quantum carpets not only serve as an effective probe for recognizing the fractional revivals of various order but they efficiently describe the effect of spatially-varying mass on the structure of fractional revivals,which is manifested as a symmetry breaking in their designs.
