Quantum instability and Ehrenfest time for an inverted harmonic oscillator

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Hauptverfasser: Wang, Shangyun, Chen, Songbai, Jing, Jiliang
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author Wang, Shangyun
Chen, Songbai
Jing, Jiliang
author_facet Wang, Shangyun
Chen, Songbai
Jing, Jiliang
contents We investigate the classical-quantum correspondence in the inverted harmonic oscillator (IHO) system. It is shown that the out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) which the initial states are located at any position in the IHO system possess the same exponential growth rates (EGRs) as that at the saddle point, and their EGRs are twice the classical lyapunov exponent (CLE) of the saddle point. Through the time evolution of mean photon number and the OTOCs, we exhibit that the classical-quantum correspondence in the IHO system not only depends on the initial system photon number, but also on the central positions of the initial states in the phase space. Moreover, we use the Husimi Q function to visualize the quantum wave packets during the OTOCs grow exponentially.
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spellingShingle Quantum instability and Ehrenfest time for an inverted harmonic oscillator
Wang, Shangyun
Chen, Songbai
Jing, Jiliang
Quantum Physics
We investigate the classical-quantum correspondence in the inverted harmonic oscillator (IHO) system. It is shown that the out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) which the initial states are located at any position in the IHO system possess the same exponential growth rates (EGRs) as that at the saddle point, and their EGRs are twice the classical lyapunov exponent (CLE) of the saddle point. Through the time evolution of mean photon number and the OTOCs, we exhibit that the classical-quantum correspondence in the IHO system not only depends on the initial system photon number, but also on the central positions of the initial states in the phase space. Moreover, we use the Husimi Q function to visualize the quantum wave packets during the OTOCs grow exponentially.
title Quantum instability and Ehrenfest time for an inverted harmonic oscillator
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10078