Abstract
We show that the phase velocity in a stationary state of a de Broglie wave can be directly obtained from the probability distribution, i.e. the quantum trajectories, without detailed knowledge of the phase term itself. In other words, the amplitude of a de Broglie wave function describes not only the probability distribution but also the phase velocity distribution. Using this relationship, we comment on two calculations of the Goos-Hänchen shift in de Broglie waves.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1494-1498 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chinese Science Bulletin |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2012 |
Keywords
- Goos-Hänchen shift
- de Broglie wave
- phase velocity