Solutions of PT -symmetric tight-binding chain and its equivalent Hermitian counterpart

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jin, L ^a   Song, Z ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETHE ANSATZ; BIPARTITE LATTICES; BROKEN-SYMMETRY PHASE; DISCRETE SYSTEMS; EIGEN FUNCTION; EIGENVALUES; ENERGY SPECTRA; HERMITIANS; OPERATOR THEORY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SINGLE-PARTICLE; TIGHT BINDING; TWO PHASIS;

BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; HAMILTONIANS; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 70450228545     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.052107     Document Type: Article

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