Abstract
Summary: This chapter demonstrates that one can derive nondispersive localized wave packet solutions to the Schrödinger equation. Two ansätze are formulated that allow a large class of infinite- and finite-energy, nonsingular, localized, linearly traveling wave solutions to the linear 3D Schrödinger equation to be obtained. The chapter provides an account of a broad class of finite-energy accelerating localized wave solutions to the 3D Schrödinger equation based on a generalization of previous work on one-dimensional (1D) infinite-energy nonspreading wave packets. It contains derivations of linearly traveling and accelerating localized wave solutions to 3D Schrödinger-like equations arising in propagation through transparent anomalous and normal dispersive media, with emphasis on analytical finite-energy wavepackets.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Non-diffracting Waves |
Publisher | Wiley-VCH Verlag |
Pages | 189-209 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783527671519 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783527411955 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 4 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Localized wave packet solutions
- Schrödinger-like equations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy