Coherent polychotomous waves from an attractive well

G. Kälbermann*

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Abstract

An effect of a wave-packet scattering off an attractive one-dimensional well is found numerically and analytically. For a wave packet narrower than the width of the well, the scattering proceeds through a quasibound state of almost zero energy. The wave reflected from the well is a polychotomous (multiple-peak) monochromatic and coherent train. The transmitted wave is a spreading smooth wave packet. The effect is strong for low average speeds of the packet, and it disappears for wide packets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2573-2576
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume60
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

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