Title
Simulating quantum mechanics with light: The quantum pendulum via mathieu beams
Date Issued
08 September 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Colgate University
Publisher(s)
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Abstract
We simulate the nonlinear quantum pendulum using non-diffracting solutions of the 2-dimensional Helmholtz equation in elliptical coordinates. Stationary and wavepacket Mathieu spatial modes are in quantitative agreement with the quantum probabilities.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física y Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85087106569
Resource of which it is part
Frontiers in Optics - Proceedings Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science APS/DLS
ISBN of the container
978-194358067-5
Conference
Frontiers in Optics, FIO 2019 - Part of Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science APS/DLS
Sponsor(s)
We thank M.R. Dennis and S. Chávez-Cerda for useful discussions. This work was funded by the grant from the National Science Foundation PHY-1506321.
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