Space-time imaging, magnification and time reversal of matter waves
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.05078v1
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:26:09 GMT
- Title: Space-time imaging, magnification and time reversal of matter waves
- Authors: Brian H. Kolner
- Abstract summary: An imaging system is proposed for matter-wave functions that is based on producing a quadratic phase modulation on the wavefunction of a charged particle.
The modulation is produced by co-propagating the wavepacket within an extremum of the harmonic vector and scalar potentials associated with a slow-wave electromagnetic structure.
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- Abstract: An imaging system is proposed for matter-wave functions that is based on
producing a quadratic phase modulation on the wavefunction of a charged
particle, analogous to that produced by a space or time lens. The modulation is
produced by co-propagating the wavepacket within an extremum of the harmonic
vector and scalar potentials associated with a slow-wave electromagnetic
structure. By preceding and following this interaction with appropriate
dispersion, characteristic of a solution to the time-dependent Schr\"odinger
equation, a system results that is capable of magnifying (i.e., stretching or
compressing the space- and time-scales) and time-reversing an arbitrary quantum
wavefunction.
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