A Class of Exactly Solvable Scattering Potentials in Two Dimensions, Entangled State Pair Generation, and a Grazing Angle Resonance Effect

Abstract

We provide an exact solution of the scattering problem for the potentials of the form $v(x,y)={\chi }_a(x)[v_0(x)+v_1(x)e^{i\alpha y}]$, where ${\chi }_a(x):=1$ for $x\in [0,a]$, ${\chi }_a(x):=0$ for $x\notin [0,a]$, $v_j(x)$ are real or complex-valued functions, ${\chi }_a(x)v_0(x)$ is an exactly solvable scattering potential in one dimension, and $\alpha$ is a positive real parameter.If $\alpha$ exceeds the wavenumber $k$ of the incident wave, the scattered wave does not depend on the choice of $v_1(x)$. In particular, $v(x,y)$ is invisible if $v_0(x)=0$ and $k<\alpha$. For $k>\alpha$ and $v_1(x)\ne 0$, the scattered wave consists of a finite number of coherent plane-wave pairs ${\psi }_n^{\pm }$ with wavevector: ${\mathbf{k}}_n=(\pm \sqrt{k^2-(n\alpha {)}^2},n\alpha )$, where $n=0,1,2,\cdots <k/\alpha$. This generalizes to the scattering of wavepackets and suggests means for generating quantum states with a quantized component of momentum and pairs of states with an entangled momentum. We examine a realization of these potentials in terms of certain optical slabs. If $k=N\alpha$ for some positive integer $N$, ${\psi }_N^{\pm }$ coalesce and their amplitude diverge. If $k$ exceeds $N\alpha$ slightly, ${\psi }_N^{\pm }$ have a much larger amplitude than ${\psi }_n^{\pm }$ with $n<N$. This marks a resonance effect that arises for the scattered waves whose wavevector makes a small angle with the faces of the slab.

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