Phased Bessel functions

Abstract

In the study of photon-state transitions, we found a natural extension of the first kind of Bessel functions that extends both the range and domain of the Bessel functions from the real number field to the complex number field. We term the extended Bessel functions as phased Bessel functions. This extension is completely different from the traditional “analytical extension”. The new complex Bessel functions satisfy addition, subtraction, and recurrence theorems in a complex range and a complex domain. These theorems provide short cuts in calculations. The single-phased Bessel functions are generalized to multiple-phased Bessel functions to describe various photon-state transitions.PACS Nos.: 02.30.Gp, 32.80.Rm, 42.50.Hz