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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Squeezing a wave packet with an angular-dependent mass

Alexandre G. M. Schmidt

Published May 28, 2009• 11 citations
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Abstract

We present a new effect of position-dependent mass (PDM) systems: the possibility of creating squeezed wave packets at the partial revival times. We solve exactly the PDM Schrödinger equation for the two-dimensional quantum rotor with two effective masses μ(θ), both free and interacting with a uniform electric field, and present their energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions in terms of Mathieu functions. For the first one, in order to squeeze the wave packet it is necessary to apply an electric field; for the second one such an effect can be achieved without the field.

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/42/24/245304

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