PT-Invariant Periodic Potentials with a Finite Number of Band Gaps

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2005-05-10

arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0505027v1

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Mathematical Physics

30 pages, 0 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2000207

We obtain the band edge eigenstates and the mid-band states for the complex, PT-invariant generalized associated Lam\'e potentials $V^{PT}(x)=-a(a+1)m \sn^2(y,m)-b(b+1)m {\sn^2 (y+K(m),m)} -f(f+1)m {\sn^2 (y+K(m)+iK'(m),m)}-g(g+1)m {\sn^2 (y+iK'(m),m)}$, where $y \equiv ix+\beta$, and there are four parameters $a,b,f,g$. This work is a substantial generalization of previous work with the associated Lam\'e potentials $V(x)=a(a+1)m\sn^2(x,m)+b(b+1)m{\sn^2 (x+K(m),m)}$ and their corresponding PT-invariant counterparts $V^{PT}(x)=-V(ix+\beta)$, both of which involving just two parameters $a,b$. We show that for many integer values of $a,b,f,g$, the PT-invariant potentials $V^{PT}(x)$ are periodic problems with a finite number of band gaps. Further, usingsupersymmetry, we construct several additional, new, complex, PT-invariant, periodic potentials with a finite number of band gaps. We also point out the intimate connection between the above generalized associated Lam\'e potential problem and Heun's differential equation.

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