
doi: 10.1063/1.531865
Let V(x) denote a potential in the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation, without bound states, for which (1) V(x)=0 for x<0 and (2) V(x) is piecewise continuous with adequate decay as x goes to infinity. We are interested in the problem of determining V given the reflectivity r(k)=|R(k)|, where R is the usual left-hand reflection coefficient. For very special classes of potentials it is known that r determines V uniquely. Here we show that under much more general (although still restrictive) assumptions, the location and magnitude of discontinuities of V can be determined from r. The nature of the restrictions is related to the behavior of R(k) for k in the upper half of the complex plane.
Inverse scattering problems in quantum theory, reflectivity, Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.), one-dimensional Schrödinger equation
Inverse scattering problems in quantum theory, reflectivity, Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.), one-dimensional Schrödinger equation
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