@misc{KleinRosenberger2018,
  author    = {Klein, Markus and Rosenberger, Elke},
  title     = {The tunneling effect for a class of difference operators},
  series = {Reviews in Mathematical Physics},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {Reviews in Mathematical Physics},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {World Scientific},
  address   = {Singapore},
  issn      = {0129-055X},
  doi       = {10.1142/S0129055X18300029},
  pages     = {42},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {We analyze a general class of self-adjoint difference operators H-epsilon = T-epsilon + V-epsilon on l(2)((epsilon Z)(d)), where V-epsilon is a multi-well potential and v(epsilon) is a small parameter. We give a coherent review of our results on tunneling up to new sharp results on the level of complete asymptotic expansions (see [30-35]). Our emphasis is on general ideas and strategy, possibly of interest for a broader range of readers, and less on detailed mathematical proofs. The wells are decoupled by introducing certain Dirichlet operators on regions containing only one potential well. Then the eigenvalue problem for the Hamiltonian H-epsilon is treated as a small perturbation of these comparison problems. After constructing a Finslerian distance d induced by H-epsilon, we show that Dirichlet eigenfunctions decay exponentially with a rate controlled by this distance to the well. It follows with microlocal techniques that the first n eigenvalues of H-epsilon converge to the first n eigenvalues of the direct sum of harmonic oscillators on R-d located at several wells. In a neighborhood of one well, we construct formal asymptotic expansions of WKB-type for eigenfunctions associated with the low-lying eigenvalues of H-epsilon. These are obtained from eigenfunctions or quasimodes for the operator H-epsilon acting on L-2(R-d), via restriction to the lattice (epsilon Z)(d). Tunneling is then described by a certain interaction matrix, similar to the analysis for the Schrodinger operator (see [22]), the remainder is exponentially small and roughly quadratic compared with the interaction matrix. We give weighted l(2)-estimates for the difference of eigenfunctions of Dirichlet-operators in neighborhoods of the different wells and the associated WKB-expansions at the wells. In the last step, we derive full asymptotic expansions for interactions between two "wells" (minima) of the potential energy, in particular for the discrete tunneling effect. Here we essentially use analysis on phase space, complexified in the momentum variable. These results are as sharp as the classical results for the Schrodinger operator in [22].},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{JaphaZhouKeiletal.2016,
  author    = {Japha, Yonathan and Zhou, Shuyu and Keil, Mark and Folman, Ron and Henkel, Carsten and Vardi, Amichay},
  title     = {Suppression and enhancement of decoherence in an atomic Josephson junction},
  series = {NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS},
  volume    = {18},
  journal   = {NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {1367-2630},
  doi       = {10.1088/1367-2630/18/5/055008},
  pages     = {22},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {We investigate the role of interatomic interactions when a Bose gas, in a double-well potential with a finite tunneling probability (a 'Bose-Josephson junction'), is exposed to external noise. We examine the rate of decoherence of a system initially in its ground state with equal probability amplitudes in both sites. The noise may induce two kinds of effects: firstly, random shifts in the relative phase or number difference between the two wells and secondly, loss of atoms from the trap. The effects of induced phase fluctuations are mitigated by atom-atom interactions and tunneling, such that the dephasing rate may be suppressed by half its single-atom value. Random fluctuations may also be induced in the population difference between the wells, in which case atom-atom interactions considerably enhance the decoherence rate. A similar scenario is predicted for the case of atom loss, even if the loss rates from the two sites are equal. We find that if the initial state is number-squeezed due to interactions, then the loss process induces population fluctuations that reduce the coherence across the junction. We examine the parameters relevant for these effects in a typical atom chip device, using a simple model of the trapping potential, experimental data, and the theory of magnetic field fluctuations near metallic conductors. These results provide a framework for mapping the dynamical range of barriers engineered for specific applications and set the stage for more complex atom circuits ('atomtronics').},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KleinRosenberger2011,
  author    = {Klein, Markus and Rosenberger, Elke},
  title     = {Asymptotic eigenfunctions for a class of difference operators},
  series = {Asymptotic analysis},
  volume    = {73},
  journal   = {Asymptotic analysis},
  number    = {1-2},
  publisher = {IOS Press},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0921-7134},
  doi       = {10.3233/ASY-2010-1025},
  pages     = {1 -- 36},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {We analyze a general class of difference operators H(epsilon) = T(epsilon) + V(epsilon) on l(2)((epsilon Z)(d)), where V(epsilon) is a one-well potential and epsilon is a small parameter. We construct formal asymptotic expansions of WKB-type for eigenfunctions associated with the low lying eigenvalues of H(epsilon). These are obtained from eigenfunctions or quasimodes for the operator H(epsilon), acting on L(2)(R(d)), via restriction to the lattice (epsilon Z)(d).},
  language  = {en}
}