Electrostatic-field-induced dynamics in an ultrathin quantum well
Abstract
We consider the time evolution of a particle subjected to both a uniform electrostatic field F and a one-dimensional delta-function potential well. We derive the propagator K_F(x,t|x',0) of this system, directly leading to the wavefunction psi_F(x,t), in which its essential ingredient K_F(0,t|0,0), accounting for the ionization-recombination in the bound-continuum transition, is exactly expressed in terms of the multiple hypergeometric functions F(z_1,z_2,...,z_n). And then we obtain the ingredient K_F(0,t|0,0) in an appropriate approximation scheme, expressed in terms of the generalized hypergeometric functions p_F_q(z) being much more transparent to physically interpret and much more accessible in their numerical evaluation than the functions F(z_1,z_2,...,z_n).
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 2012
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1205.2312
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1205.2312
- Bibcode:
- 2012arXiv1205.2312K
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- Mathematical Physics
- E-Print:
- 24 pages, 1 figure