• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 4, Issue 6, 311 (2006)
Dehua Wang1、*, Yongjiang Yu1, and Shenglu Lin2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics, Yantai Normal University, Yantai 264025
  • 2Department of Physics, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan 250014
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    Dehua Wang, Yongjiang Yu, Shenglu Lin. Quantum spectra and classical periodic orbit in the cubic billiard[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(6): 311 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Quantum billiards have attracted much interest in many fields. People have made a lot of researches on the two-dimensional (2D) billiard systems. Contrary to the 2D billiard, due to the complication of its classical periodic orbits, no one has studied the correspondence between the quantum spectra and the classical orbits of the three-dimensional (3D) billiards. Taking the cubic billiard as an example, using the periodic orbit theory, we find the periodic orbit of the cubic billiard and study the correspondence between the quantum spectra and the length of the classical orbits in 3D system. The Fourier transformed spectrum of this system has allowed direct comparison between peaks in such plot and the length of the periodic orbits, which verifies the correctness of the periodic orbit theory. This is another example showing that semiclassical method provides a bridge between quantum and classical mechanics.
    Dehua Wang, Yongjiang Yu, Shenglu Lin. Quantum spectra and classical periodic orbit in the cubic billiard[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(6): 311
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