Schr\"odinger type propagators, pseudodifferential operators and modulation spaces

Abstract

We prove continuity results for Fourier integral operators with symbols in modulation spaces, acting between modulation spaces. The phase functions belong to a class of nondegenerate generalized quadratic forms that includes Schr\"odinger propagators and pseudodifferential operators. As a byproduct we obtain a characterization of all exponents $p,q,r_1,r_2,t_1,t_2 \in [1,\infty]$ of modulation spaces such that a symbol in $M^{p,q}(\mathbb R^{2d})$ gives a pseudodifferential operator that is continuous from $M^{r_1,r_2}(\mathbb R^d)$ into $M^{t_1,t_2}(\mathbb R^d)$.