Interference Energy Spectrum of the Infinite Square Well

• Published in: Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 149
• Main Authors: Waegell, Mordecai, Aharonov, Yakir, Patti, Taylor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.04.2016
• Subjects: energy conservation; energy spectrum; frequency conversion; infinite square well; superoscillation; uncertainty principle

Certain superposition states of the 1-D infinite square well have transient zeros at locations other than the nodes of the eigenstates that comprise them. It is shown that if an infinite potential barrier is suddenly raised at some or all of these zeros, the well can be split into multiple adjacent...