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1 A complete set of eigenstates for position-dependent massive particles in a orse-like scenario R. A. C. Correa, A. de Souza Dutra, J. A. de Oliveira, and. G. Garcia Citation: Journal of athematical Physics 58, 0110 (017); doi: / View online: View Table of Contents: Published by the American Institute of Physics Articles you may be interested in Path integrals, supersymmetric quantum mechanics, and the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for twisted Dirac Journal of athematical Physics 58, (017); / KS quantum symmetric states Journal of athematical Physics 58, (017); / agnetic monopoles in noncommutative quantum mechanics Journal of athematical Physics 58, (017); / Perturbations of embedded eigenvalues for a magnetic Schrödinger operator on a cylinder Journal of athematical Physics 58, (017); / Wilson-Racah quantum system Journal of athematical Physics 58, (017); / Duffin Kemmer Petiau oscillator with Snyder-de Sitter algebra Journal of athematical Physics 58, (017); /

2 JOURNAL OF ATHEATICAL PHYSICS 58, 0110 (017) A complete set of eigenstates for position-dependent massive particles in a orse-like scenario R. A. C. Correa, 1,a) A. de Souza Dutra, 1,b) J. A. de Oliveira,,c) and. G. Garcia 1,d) 1 Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Campus de Guaratinguetá, Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brazil Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Campus de São João da Boa Vista, São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brazil (Received 1 October 016; accepted 9 January 017; published online 7 January 017) In this work, we analyze a system consisting in two-dimensional position-dependent massive particles in the presence of a orse-like potential in two spatial dimensions. We obtain the exact wavefunctions and energies for a complete set of eigenstates for a given dependence of the mass with the spatial variables. Furthermore, we argue that this scenario can play an important role to construct more realistic ones by using their solution in perturbative approaches. Published by AIP Publishing. [ I. INTRODUCTION Some years ago, the materials science took an important step forward by obtaining the fabrication of small conducting devices known as quantum dots (QDs). 1 In those devices, it is possible to confine several thousand electrons in a small region whose linear size is about µm. The fundamental characteristic of QDs is that they are typically formed by a two-dimensional electron gas, where, by applying an electrostatic potential, the electrons are confined to a small region, which is called dot, in the interface region of a semiconductor. A very important advantage of QDs is that their transport properties are readily measured, allowing an experimental control. oreover, the effects of time-reversal symmetry breaking can be easily measured by applying a magnetic field. 3 Nowadays, a variety of theoretical and experimental research about small conducting devices, such as QDs, has been the focus of many scientists and engineers attention. 7 From a phenomenological viewpoint, QDs are very small structures, where the laws of quantum mechanics (Q) are the most important ingredients to describe their properties. Thus, as a natural consequence of practical applicability of the theoretical framework of Q, a great interest arises for exact solutions of two-dimensional confined systems, which can be fundamental to explore the physics in small conducting devices, such as the QDs. In the light of these facts, it was shown in Ref. 8 that it is possible to find exact solutions of the two-dimensional Schrödinger equation with the position-dependent mass (PD) for the square well potential in the semiconductor quantum dots (SQDs) system. Another important work in this context, it was presented by Schmidt, Azeredo, and Gusso, 9 where the authors have studied both the problems of quantum wave packet revivals on two-dimensional infinite circular quantum wells (CQWs) and circular quantum dots (CQDs) with PD, showing the results for the eigenfunctions, eigenenergies, and the revival time for spatially localized electronic Gaussian wave packets. At this point, it is important to highlight that the importance in adding a PD is due to the fact that the system will take into account the a) Electronic address: rafael.couceiro@ufabc.edu.br b) Electronic address: dutra@feg.unesp.br c) Electronic address: julianoantonio@sjbv.unesp.br d) Electronic address: marcelogarcia8@hotmail.com 00-88/017/58(1)/0110/9/$ , Published by AIP Publishing.

3 0110- Correa et al. J. ath. Phys. 58, 0110 (017) spatial variation of the semiconductor However, as a consequence of inclusion of PD, the system becomes ambiguous at the quantum level, and the ordering ambiguity problem (OAP) is one of the long standing unsolved questions in quantum mechanics. As we know the OAP has attracted the attention of some of the founders of the quantum mechanics, namely, Born, Jordan, Weyl, Dirac, and von Neumann worked on this problem, as can be verified from the review by Shewell. 18 This is viewed as a deep problem in Q, which has advanced very few along the last decades. But all is not lost, it was shown that the ordering ambiguous problem has a very special importance for the modeling of some experimental situations like electrons in perturbed periodic lattices, 19 impurities states and cyclotron resonance in semiconductors, 0 the structure of electronic excitation levels in insulating crystals, 1 the dependence of nuclear forces on the relative velocity of the two nucleons,,3 and more recently the study of semiconductor heterostructures. 1,5 8 oreover, some time ago, it was discussed in the literature the exact solvability of some classes of one-dimensional Hamiltonians, where the potentials has a PD, with ordering ambiguity, 9 after that, a large number of works regarding one-dimensional Hamiltonians with ordering ambiguity has emerged in the scientific community along the last few years Another interesting research line regards to the supersymmetry approach to one-dimensional quantum systems with spatially dependent mass, by including their ordering ambiguities dependence. 37,3,3 60 On the other hand, as far as we know, some physical systems like ones where a magnetic field is present, 61 6 lead naturally to the necessity of a two-dimensional analysis. In the face of this situation, it was presented in Ref. 17 a general approach for the problem of a particle with PD interacting with a two-dimensional potential well with finite depth, where the ordering ambiguity was taken into account. In that work, it was shown that the considered system retains an infinite set of quantum states, which usually do not happen in the case of the constant mass systems. Furthermore, it was verified also that the SU() coherent state corresponds to a stationary state. Also recently, numerous other theoretical studies have been conducted on the two-dimensional position-dependent mass Schrödinger equation (PDSE). These include the two-dimensional quantum rotor with two effective masses, 65 kinetic operator in cylindrical coordinates, 66 exact solutions for the PDSE in an annular billiard with impenetrable walls, 67 and a particle with spin 1/ moving in a plane. 68 Here, we will address the position-dependent mass (PD) type of the systems in two spatial dimensions (D) by using Cartesian coordinates. We will introduce a very interesting system where, as we are going to see below in the manuscript, the relation between the quantum numbers introduced along the procedure of resolving the equations of the system and the energy eigenstates organization is somewhat remarkable. This paper is organized as follows. In Section II, we review the effective Schrödinger equation in two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates. In Section III, we introduce the Position-dependent massive particle with orse-like terms and its exact solutions. In Section IV, we present our conclusions and directions for future work. II. EFFECTIVE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION IN TWO-DIENSIONAL CARTESIAN COORDINATES: A BRIEF REVIEW In this section, we will recapitulate the results presented some years ago in Ref. 17. Let us start with the ordering defined by von Roos 13,9 for the Hamiltonian operator, which in one-dimensional space is written in the following form: Ĥ = 1 α ˆp β ˆp γ + γ ˆp β ˆp α + V(x), (1) where ˆp is the momentum operator and = (x) is the position-dependent effective mass. oreover, α, β, and γ are arbitrary ordering parameters which must to obey the relation α + β + γ = 1. () At this point, it is important to highlight that the above relation is necessary to get the correct classical limit.

4 Correa et al. J. ath. Phys. 58, 0110 (017) Applying the canonical commutation relations, we have γ ˆp β ˆp α = ˆp i( β + α) ˆp α( β + α 1) ( ) α 3. (3) Through the relation (), the effective Hamiltonian operator 9 is given by H = 1 ˆp + i ˆp + U(α,γ, x) + V(x), () where the effective potential U(α,γ, x) is written as ( U(α,γ, x) = ) ( ) (α + γ) (α + γ + αγ). (5) 3 x x Therefore, we can now write the effective Schrödinger equation in the form d ψ (x) dx + d/dx dψ + [V(x) + U(α,γ, x) E]ψ = 0. (6) dx In the case of a set of two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates, where = (x, y), the effective Hamiltonian operator H = 1 (x, y) ( pˆ x + pˆ y ) + i x pˆ x + y pˆ y where U(α,γ, x, y) is the effective potential. Now it can be written in the form 17 U(α,γ, x, y) = (α + γ) x x + ( ) y y (α + γ + αγ) x + with x / x and y / y. Therefore, we have where, in this case H = 1 p + i + U(α.γ, x) + V(x, y), (7) ( y ), (8) 1. p + U(α,γ, x, y) + V(x, y), (9) U(α,γ, x, y) (α + γ) (α + γ + αγ). (10) In the next step, we can use a typical Schrödinger equation (x, y) χ + V e f f (x, y) χ = E χ, (11) and if χ(x, y) = e σ(x, y) ψ(x, y) is the solution of it, the equation above can be rewritten as follows: ( σ ) (x, y) ψ. ψ + (x, y) + V(x, y) σ + such that (x, y) The above equation have a Hamiltonian operator defined by H = 1 p (x, y) Note that we can choose (x, y) i ( σ). p + V i σ. i p = ( σ ) ψ = Eψ. (1) σ + ( σ). (13) (x, y) 1. p, (1)

5 0110- Correa et al. J. ath. Phys. 58, 0110 (017) Thus, we have = σ. (15) σ = ln( 1 ). (16) Now, we may rewrite Equation (13) as H = 1 p + i. p + V On the other hand, the wavefunction is re-scaled as 3. (17) ψ = 1 χ. (18) From these results, we see that Ref. 17, V e f f (x, y) = V(x, y) + ( α + γ + αγ + 3 ) (α + γ + 1). (19) Finally, we must comment that for an equivalent system with constant mass, Equation (11) can be written as with ξ constant and χ + U e f f χ = ξ χ, (0) U e f f ξ = (x, y) V(x, y) + ( α + γ + αγ + 3 ) + (α + γ + 1) E (x, y). (1) Through the above result, it was studied in Ref. 17 the problem of a particle with a positiondependent mass interacting with a two-dimensional potential well with finite depth, as well as under the influence of a uniform magnetic field. There, it was discovered that the system retains an infinite set of quantum states. In Sec. III, we explore the problem where the PD is orse-like. III. POSITION-DEPENDENT ASSIVE PARTICLE WITH ORSE-LIKE TERS An important problem in quantum mechanics is that one related to the vibrations of diatomic molecules and the case of vibrations of a two-atomic molecule are well described by the orse potential. On the other hand, there is a growing number of applications of quantum wells and quantum dots. In fact, those systems present a small spatial region capable to confine quantum particles. As one can see in Figure 1, the bidimensional orse-like potential can simulate such kind of physical situation and it has the advantage, as we will see below, of being exactly solved. Furthermore, having the exact solutions in hands, one can use them in order to describe more realistic problems by using approximation techniques which make use of those exact solutions. Therefore, with this motivation in our mind, in this section, let us present an example which can be exactly solved. Thus, we will consider that (x, y) = g1 e x + g 3 e α y + g e x + g e α y. ()

6 Correa et al. J. ath. Phys. 58, 0110 (017) FIG. 1. orse-like potential in two dimensions. Note that the spatial dependence of the mass is similar to that of a orse potential in two dimensions. Thus, plugging this mass in the formula given by (1), we obtain U e f f ξ = g1 e α1x + g 3 e αy + g e α1x + g e α y V(x, y) E g1 e α1x + g 3 e αy + g e α1x + g e α y ( + α + γ + αγ + 3 ) α1 g 1 e α1x + α g 3e αy + α1 g e α1x + α g e α y (1 + g 1 e x + g 3 e α y + g e x + g e α y ) α (α + γ + 1) 1 g 1e α1x + α g 3e αy + α1 g e α1x + α g e α y 1 + g 1 e x + g 3 e α y + g e x + g e α y. (3) In order to work with a exactly solvable model, we can assume the following ordering: whose solution is given by In this way, we then obtain α + γ + 1 = 0, α + γ + αγ + 3 = 0, () α = 1, γ = 1, β = 0. (5) p = 1 1 ( p ) 1. (6) Consequently, in this ordering, the effective potential is written as U e f f ξ = g1 e x + g 3 e α y + g e x + g e α y V(x, y) E 0 E 0 (g 1 e x + g 3 e α y + g e x + g e α y ). (7) As an example, we can choose a potential under which the particle with position-dependent mass is moving. Then, here we will work with the following potential: V(x, y) = R + A + B 1e x + B 3 e α y + B e x + B e α y 0 (1 + g 1 e x + g 3 e α y + g e x + g e α y ), (8) where R is a constant. In Figure 1, we plot a typical case where this potential can confine particles. Therefore, through this potential, we can obtain the effective potential U e f f ξ = A + 0 (R E) + [B (R E)g 1 ] e x + [B + 0 (R E)g ] e x + [B (R E)g 3 ] e α y + [B + 0 (R E)g ] e α y, (9)

7 Correa et al. J. ath. Phys. 58, 0110 (017) where we can easily see that ξ = A + 0 (E R). So that with U e f f = γ 1 e x + γ e x + γ 3 e α y + γ e α y, (30) Now, the Schrödinger equation (0) takes the form γ i B i + 0 (R E)g i,i = 1,,3,. (31) χ + (γ 1e x + γ e x + γ 3 e α y + γ e α y ) χ = ε χ, (3) where ε ξ/. In order to solve the above equation, we can use the usual procedure of variable separation where Thus, we get the equations for X(x) and Y(y) below χ(x, y) = X(x)Y(y). (33) d X(x) dx + (η 1 e x + ν 1 e x )X(x) = ε m X(x), (3) d Y(y) dy + (η e α y + ν e α y )Y(y) = ε n Y(y), (35) η 1 γ 1 ħ, ν 1 γ ħ, η γ 3 ħ, ν γ ħ. (36) Furthermore, the energy spectrum is given by ε mn = ε m + ε n. (37) Let us now determine the solution of X(x). Note that Equation (35) has the same form of (3), of course, written in terms of the variable y. In this way, it is necessary to solve only (3). Thus, we define the variable z and constants µ and λ as z ν 1 e α1x, µ εm η 1, λ ν1, (38) with < x <. In this case, bound states are possible only for ν 1 > 0 and η 1 < 0. Then, we have ε m = 1 ν 1 η1 ν1 (m + 1), with m = 0,1,,3,...,mmax. (39) Furthermore, the function X(x) is given by X m (x) = µ ν 1 exp ν1 µ x + e x L µ m z ν 1 e x, (0) where L µ m (x) are the Laguerre polynomials. Here, it is important to remark that the number of discrete levels is finite and determined by the condition η 1 > ν1 (m max + 1). (1) This happens due to the fact that the potential goes asymptotically to zero when x and its minimum value is negative. So the energy levels for bounded particles must be lower than zero, which leads to the above constraint. On the other hand, defining and solving Equation (35), we obtain z ν 1 e α1x, µ εn η, λ α α ν ε n = 1 ν η α ν (n + 1), with n = 0,1,,3,...,nmx ()

8 Correa et al. J. ath. Phys. 58, 0110 (017) and Y m (y) = with the condition µ ν α Therefore, the total energy is written as exp ν µα y + e α y α Ln µ z ν α e α y, (3) η > α ν (n max + 1). () ε mn = 1 ν η1 η1 (m + 1) + ν1 η α η (n + 1). (5) ν 1 ν oreover, we write χ mn (x, y) = ν 1 + ν µα y + e α y α µ ν α L µ m µ exp ν1 µ x + ν 1 e x Ln µ ν α e x e α y. (6) We know that ε mn = ξ mn /ħ and ξ mn = A + 0 (E mn R). Consequently the energy eigenvalues will rise as solutions of the following transcendental equation: 8 γ ( mn ) γ ( mn ) (A + mn ) = γ ( mn ) γ ( mn ) γ 3 ( mn ) ᾱ 1 (n + 1) +γ ( mn ) γ ( mn ) γ 3 ( mn ) ᾱ (m + 1), (7) where we defined mn 0 (R E nm ), ᾱ 1, and ᾱ α. Considering a symmetrical (in x and y) case of the mass and potential dependencies, in order to have a concrete example to study, we choose the parameters as given by: R = 0, A = 0 = g 1 = g 3 = = α = ħ = 1, g = g = 0, B 1 = B 3 = 1, B = B = 1/8. In this case, the allowed energy levels are given in the table below (note that due to the symmetry of the system, the pair (n,m) has the same energy as the one (m,n)). Furthermore, the potential profile appears in Figure 1, and a plot where the energy spectrum is presented in scale appears in Figure. Note that, since the energy of the bound state cannot be lower than smallest value of the potential and that this potential becomes asymptotically constant, for the case of the above parameters, the allowed values of the bound states shall be in the interval E n,m 1. By observing both Table I and Figure, one can note that there are some interesting results in the spectrum. First of all, we observe that this potential presents a finite number of allowed bound states, which is not a surprise, since this already happens in the case of the one-dimensional orse potential (even in the case with position-dependent masses). However, in the case analyzed, there are inversions of energies where states labeled with higher quantum numbers present lower energies than states with lower FIG.. Energy spectrum.

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