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Phys. Rev. A 61, 032101 (2000) [6 pages]

Multimode interference: Highly regular pattern formation in quantum wave-packet evolution

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A. E. Kaplan1, I. Marzoli2 *, W. E. Lamb, Jr.3, and W. P. Schleich2
1Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
2Abteilung für Quantenphysik, University of Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
3Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721

Received 19 July 1999; published 9 February 2000

Highly regular spatiotemporal or multidimensional patterns in the quantum mechanical probability or classical field intensity distributions can appear due to pair interference between individual eigenmodes of the system, thus forming the so-called intermode traces. These patterns are strongly pronounced in any anharmonic potential, provided that the traces are multidegenerate; they may occur in many areas of wave physics.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.61.032101
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.032101
PACS: 03.65.Bz, 03.75.-b, 03.75.Dg, 41.20.Jb

* Permanent address: Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica and INFM, Università di Camerino, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy.

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