Quantum signatures and semiclassical limitations in the transmission of Fock states

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://journals.aps.org/pra/pdf/10.1103/2b9f-ygt3" target="_blank" >https://journals.aps.org/pra/pdf/10.1103/2b9f-ygt3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/2b9f-ygt3" target="_blank" >10.1103/2b9f-ygt3</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Quantum signatures and semiclassical limitations in the transmission of Fock states

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Transmission through potential barriers is a fundamental problem in quantum mechanics. While semiclassical methods can approximate certain aspects of transmission, they fail to capture the intrinsically quantum interference associated with Wigner-function negativity. We numerically study the transmission of displaced Fock states through an inverted-oscillator barrier, with and without a Kerr nonlinearity that offers a potential route to experimental realization. These states allow only an approximate classical description since their characteristic Wigner-function negativity is absent in phase space. The semiclassical simulation reproduces the overall transmission, but deviates from exact results and fails to capture short-time plateaus that arise when regions of Wigner-function negativity cross the barrier. With the Kerr nonlinearity, reflections from nonlinear boundaries drive interference into classically forbidden regions, an effect that is inaccessible to semiclassical approaches. We find that these interference effects do not alter the maximum transmission probability, which is bounded by the initial positive-energy fraction and therefore already encoded in the phase-space structure of the Fock states. Because Fock states cannot be faithfully represented within classical phase space, the transmission through a barrier reveals the fundamental limitations of semiclassical approaches.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Quantum signatures and semiclassical limitations in the transmission of Fock states

Popis výsledku anglicky

Transmission through potential barriers is a fundamental problem in quantum mechanics. While semiclassical methods can approximate certain aspects of transmission, they fail to capture the intrinsically quantum interference associated with Wigner-function negativity. We numerically study the transmission of displaced Fock states through an inverted-oscillator barrier, with and without a Kerr nonlinearity that offers a potential route to experimental realization. These states allow only an approximate classical description since their characteristic Wigner-function negativity is absent in phase space. The semiclassical simulation reproduces the overall transmission, but deviates from exact results and fails to capture short-time plateaus that arise when regions of Wigner-function negativity cross the barrier. With the Kerr nonlinearity, reflections from nonlinear boundaries drive interference into classically forbidden regions, an effect that is inaccessible to semiclassical approaches. We find that these interference effects do not alter the maximum transmission probability, which is bounded by the initial positive-energy fraction and therefore already encoded in the phase-space structure of the Fock states. Because Fock states cannot be faithfully represented within classical phase space, the transmission through a barrier reveals the fundamental limitations of semiclassical approaches.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10306 - Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EH22_008%2F0004649" target="_blank" >EH22_008/0004649: Kvantové inženýrství a nanotechnologie</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

PHYSICAL REVIEW A

ISSN

2469-9926

e-ISSN

2469-9934

Svazek periodika

112

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

"052221-1"-"052221-11"

Kód UT WoS článku

001631172100007

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105026665647