In classical mechanics, a harmonic oscillator is a system that, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional...
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The quantum harmonic oscillator is the quantum-mechanical analog of the classical harmonic oscillator. Because an arbitrary smooth potential can usually...
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displacement from the fixed point is called simple harmonic motion. In the diagram, a simple harmonic oscillator, consisting of a weight attached to one end...
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Oscillation (redirect from Oscillator)
three dimensions, harmonic oscillators behave similarly to one dimension. The simplest example of this is an isotropic oscillator, where the restoring...
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two general types of electronic oscillators: the linear or harmonic oscillator, and the nonlinear or relaxation oscillator. The two types are fundamentally...
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Quantum mechanics (section Harmonic oscillator)
model of the quantum harmonic oscillator uses an explicitly non-relativistic expression for the kinetic energy of the oscillator, and is thus a quantum...
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are modeled as harmonic oscillators near their equilibria, a derivation of the resonant frequency for a driven, damped harmonic oscillator is shown. An...
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study and the classical limit. Consider the example of a simple harmonic oscillator initially at rest with amplitude A. Suppose that this system was...
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Ladder operator (section Harmonic oscillator)
operators in quantum mechanics are in the formalisms of the quantum harmonic oscillator and angular momentum. There is a relationship between the raising...
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-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillators. That is, each particle in our ensemble can be treated as a simple harmonic oscillator. The Hamiltonian for...
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