Shannon and Fisher entropy measures for a parity-restricted harmonic oscillator

Ye Jiao Shi, Guo Hua Sun, Jian Jing, Shi Hai Dong

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Abstract

We first present the analytical solutions to the Schrdinger equation with the parity-restricted harmonic oscillator V(x) =1/2m ω2x2 (x > 0) and then calculate the Shannon information entropies Snx and Snp both in position space and in momentum space. It is interesting to find that the variation of the Shannon information entropy Snp in momentum space is different from our previous studies, i.e. the Snp first increases with the quantum number n and then decreases with the number n. This is a new and abnormal phenomenon and may be explained by the parity-restricted system. The BBM inequality is verified to be saturated, but the sum of the entropies first increases with the number n and then decreases with it. The entropy densities ps(x) and ps( p ) are also demonstrated. We find that the Fisher entropy is exactly given by IF = 8n + 6, n = 0, 1, 2, . . ..

Original languageEnglish
Article number125201
JournalLaser Physics
Volume27
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

Keywords

  • BBM inequality
  • Fisher entropy
  • Shannon entropy
  • parity-restricted harmonic oscillator

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