Localized Modes of the Linear Periodic Schrödinger Operator with a Nonlocal Perturbation

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2008-11-27

arxiv.org/abs/0811.4514v2

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Spectral Theory

1. finiteness of the number of additive interface eigenvalues proved in a remark below Corollary 3.6.; 2. small modifications

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We consider the existence of localized modes corresponding to eigenvalues of the periodic Schr\"{o}dinger operator $-\partial_x^2+ V(x)$ with an interface. The interface is modeled by a jump either in the value or the derivative of $V(x)$ and, in general, does not correspond to a localized perturbation of the perfectly periodic operator. The periodic potentials on each side of the interface can, moreover, be different. As we show, eigenvalues can only occur in spectral gaps. We pose the eigenvalue problem as a $C^1$ gluing problem for the fundamental solutions (Bloch functions) of the second order ODEs on each side of the interface. The problem is thus reduced to finding matchings of the ratio functions $R_\pm=\frac{\psi_\pm'(0)}{\psi_\pm(0)}$, where $\psi_\pm$ are those Bloch functions that decay on the respective half-lines. These ratio functions are analyzed with the help of the Pr\"{u}fer transformation. The limit values of $R_\pm$ at band edges depend on the ordering of Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues at gap edges. We show that the ordering can be determined in the first two gaps via variational analysis for potentials satisfying certain monotonicity conditions. Numerical computations of interface eigenvalues are presented to corroborate the analysis.

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