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arxiv: 1405.4212 · v1 · pith:E5AYOKVJnew · submitted 2014-05-16 · 🪐 quant-ph · math-ph· math.MP· physics.optics

Generalized Unitarity and Reciprocity Relations for PT-symmetric Scattering Potentials

classification 🪐 quant-ph math-phmath.MPphysics.optics
keywords potentialsgeneralgeneralizedidentitiesrelationsscatteringsymmetricunitarity
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We derive certain identities satisfied by the left/right-reflection and transmission amplitudes, $R^{l/r}(k)$ and $T(k)$, of general ${\cal PT}$-symmetric scattering potentials. We use these identities to give a general proof of the relations, $|T(-k)|=|T(k)|$ and $|R^r(-k)|=|R^l(k)|$, conjectured in [Z. Ahmed, J. Phys. A 45 (2012) 032004], establish the generalized unitarity relation: $R^{l/r}(k)R^{l/r}(-k)+|T(k)|^2=1$, and show that it is a common property of both real and complex ${\cal PT}$-symmetric potentials. The same holds for $T(-k)=T(k)^*$ and $|R^r(-k)|=|R^l(k)|$.

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