학술논문

On numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schr\'odinger equation
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
American Journal of Physics, 91(10), October 2023, pages 826-839
Subject
Physics - Computational Physics
Quantum Physics
Language
Abstract
We review an explicit approach to obtaining numerical solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation that is conceptionally straightforward and capable of significant accuracy and efficiency. The method and its efficacy are illustrated with several examples. Because of its explicit nature, the algorithm can be readily extended to systems with a higher number of spatial dimensions. We show that the method also generalizes the staggered-time approach of Visscher and allows for the accurate calculation of the real and imaginary parts of the wave function separately.
Comment: 35 pages, 10 figures, to be published in the American Journal of Physics