Free temporal evolution of a superbandwidth wave packet: The quantum tale of the hare and the tortoise
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06001v1
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:34:07 GMT
- Title: Free temporal evolution of a superbandwidth wave packet: The quantum tale of the hare and the tortoise
- Authors: Enrique G. Neyra, Marcelo F. Ciappina, Lorena Rebón,
- Abstract summary: We show that local momenta with both super-oscillatory and sub-oscillatory characteristics can arise during the free propagation of a quantum particle.
This behavior is mathematically analogous to the propagation of a superbandwidth laser pulse in a dispersive medium.
We also explore the phenomenon of wavepacket localization during free propagation within a bounded region.
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- Abstract: Can the interplay between quantum mechanics and classical optics offer new perspectives on wavepacket dynamics? Building on this connection, we show that local momenta with both super-oscillatory and suboscillatory characteristics can arise during the free propagation of a quantum particle. This behavior is mathematically analogous to the propagation of a superbandwidth laser pulse in a dispersive medium, where the instantaneous frequencies of the electric field exhibit similar sub- and super-oscillatory features. This analogy is rooted in the equivalence between the wave description of light in classical optics and the formalism of quantum mechanics. In addition, we explore the phenomenon of wavepacket localization during free propagation within a bounded region. This localization is directly linked to the distribution of local momenta within the confined wavepacket region. To complement our quantum mechanical analysis, we also perform a classical analysis to provide further insights into this phenomenon. Our findings reveal that both the emergence of local momenta with sub- and super-oscillatory features and the wavepacket localization occur within a distinct timescale, which we define as the interference time.
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