Electron Matter-wave Tractor Beams: Study & Simulation of Quantum-Mechanical Stress and Force

Abstract

Classical force equations describing the macroscopic universe have been studied and applied extensively throughout the past three centuries. However, the study & simulation of quantum-mechanical stress & force in the microscopic domain remain scantily explored. We attempt to accelerate the research of microscopic scenarios involving quantum-mechanical forces and successfully devise a COMSOL Multiphysics simulation setup and derive all the corresponding mathematical formulations to observe a wide array of quantum-mechanical phenomena, in particular, the simulation of electron matter-wave tractor beams in COMSOL Multiphysics 6.0.