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Classical Fano Oscillator, D. Mark Riffe
Classical Fano Oscillator, D. Mark Riffe
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Starting from the quantum-mechanical Fano-Anderson Hamiltonian, we derive classical equations of motion for coordinates associated with the discrete and continuum states. The frequency-dependent absorption spectrum associated with this classical system exhibits the same Fano line shape as the quantum-mechanical system when appropriate correspondences between classical and quantum variables are made. In the time domain, the response of this classical Fano oscillator depends upon the asymmetry parameter q that appears in the expression for the Fano line shape. In particular, under the influence of impulsive driving of the system, the discrete oscillator's phase changes by ±π/2 as q increases from zero …