Particle escapes in an open quantum network via multiple leads

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Abstract

Quantum escapes of a particle from an end of a one-dimensional finite region to NN number of semi-infinite leads are discussed by a scattering theoretical approach. Depending on a potential barrier amplitude at the junction, the probability P(t)P(t) for a particle to remain in the finite region at time tt shows two different decay behaviors after a long time; one is proportional to N2/t3N^{2}/t^{3} and another is proportional to 1/(N2t)1/(N^{2}t). In addition, the velocity V(t)V(t) for a particle to leave from the finite region, defined from a probability current of the particle position, decays in power ∼1/t\sim 1/t asymptotically in time, independently of the number NN of leads and the initial wave function, etc. For a finite time, the probability P(t)P(t) decays exponentially in time with a smaller decay rate for more number NN of leads, and the velocity V(t)V(t) shows a time-oscillation whose amplitude is larger for more number NN of leads. Particle escapes from the both ends of a finite region to multiple leads are also discussed by using a different boundary condition.

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