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SU(2) and SU(1,1) Approaches to Phase Operators and Temporally Stable Phase States: Applications to Mutually Unbiased Bases and Discrete Fourier Transforms
We propose a group-theoretical approach to the generalized oscillator algebra
Ak recently investigated in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43 (2010) 115303. The case
k > or 0 corresponds to the noncompact group SU(1,1) (as for the harmonic
oscillator and the Poeschl-Teller systems) while the case k < 0 is described by
the compact group SU(2) (as for the Morse system). We construct the phase
operators and the corresponding temporally stable phase eigenstates for Ak in
this group-theoretical context. The SU(2) case is exploited for deriving
families of mutually unbiased bases used in quantum information. Along this
vein, we examine some characteristics of a quadratic discrete Fourier transform
in connection with generalized quadratic Gauss sums and generalized Hadamard
matrices
Sampling and Super-resolution of Sparse Signals Beyond the Fourier Domain
Recovering a sparse signal from its low-pass projections in the Fourier
domain is a problem of broad interest in science and engineering and is
commonly referred to as super-resolution. In many cases, however, Fourier
domain may not be the natural choice. For example, in holography, low-pass
projections of sparse signals are obtained in the Fresnel domain. Similarly,
time-varying system identification relies on low-pass projections on the space
of linear frequency modulated signals. In this paper, we study the recovery of
sparse signals from low-pass projections in the Special Affine Fourier
Transform domain (SAFT). The SAFT parametrically generalizes a number of well
known unitary transformations that are used in signal processing and optics. In
analogy to the Shannon's sampling framework, we specify sampling theorems for
recovery of sparse signals considering three specific cases: (1) sampling with
arbitrary, bandlimited kernels, (2) sampling with smooth, time-limited kernels
and, (3) recovery from Gabor transform measurements linked with the SAFT
domain. Our work offers a unifying perspective on the sparse sampling problem
which is compatible with the Fourier, Fresnel and Fractional Fourier domain
based results. In deriving our results, we introduce the SAFT series (analogous
to the Fourier series) and the short time SAFT, and study convolution theorems
that establish a convolution--multiplication property in the SAFT domain.Comment: 42 pages, 3 figures, manuscript under revie
L\'{e}vy flights in inhomogeneous environments
We study the long time asymptotics of probability density functions (pdfs) of
L\'{e}vy flights in different confining potentials. For that we use two models:
Langevin - driven and (L\'{e}vy - Schr\"odinger) semigroup - driven dynamics.
It turns out that the semigroup modeling provides much stronger confining
properties than the standard Langevin one. Since contractive semigroups set a
link between L\'{e}vy flights and fractional (pseudo-differential) Hamiltonian
systems, we can use the latter to control the long - time asymptotics of the
pertinent pdfs. To do so, we need to impose suitable restrictions upon the
Hamiltonian and its potential. That provides verifiable criteria for an
invariant pdf to be actually an asymptotic pdf of the semigroup-driven
jump-type process. For computational and visualization purposes our
observations are exemplified for the Cauchy driver and its response to external
polynomial potentials (referring to L\'{e}vy oscillators), with respect to both
dynamical mechanisms.Comment: Major revisio
Construction of Hilbert Transform Pairs of Wavelet Bases and Gabor-like Transforms
We propose a novel method for constructing Hilbert transform (HT) pairs of
wavelet bases based on a fundamental approximation-theoretic characterization
of scaling functions--the B-spline factorization theorem. In particular,
starting from well-localized scaling functions, we construct HT pairs of
biorthogonal wavelet bases of L^2(R) by relating the corresponding wavelet
filters via a discrete form of the continuous HT filter. As a concrete
application of this methodology, we identify HT pairs of spline wavelets of a
specific flavor, which are then combined to realize a family of complex
wavelets that resemble the optimally-localized Gabor function for sufficiently
large orders.
Analytic wavelets, derived from the complexification of HT wavelet pairs,
exhibit a one-sided spectrum. Based on the tensor-product of such analytic
wavelets, and, in effect, by appropriately combining four separable
biorthogonal wavelet bases of L^2(R^2), we then discuss a methodology for
constructing 2D directional-selective complex wavelets. In particular,
analogous to the HT correspondence between the components of the 1D
counterpart, we relate the real and imaginary components of these complex
wavelets using a multi-dimensional extension of the HT--the directional HT.
Next, we construct a family of complex spline wavelets that resemble the
directional Gabor functions proposed by Daugman. Finally, we present an
efficient FFT-based filterbank algorithm for implementing the associated
complex wavelet transform.Comment: 36 pages, 8 figure
Fractional Fourier detection of L\'evy Flights: application to Hamiltonian chaotic trajectories
A signal processing method designed for the detection of linear (coherent)
behaviors among random fluctuations is presented. It is dedicated to the study
of data recorded from nonlinear physical systems. More precisely the method is
suited for signals having chaotic variations and sporadically appearing regular
linear patterns, possibly impaired by noise. We use time-frequency techniques
and the Fractional Fourier transform in order to make it robust and easily
implementable. The method is illustrated with an example of application: the
analysis of chaotic trajectories of advected passive particles. The signal has
a chaotic behavior and encounter L\'evy flights (straight lines). The method is
able to detect and quantify these ballistic transport regions, even in noisy
situations
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