Published November 2007
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Journal article
Enhanced tunneling through nonstationary barriers
- 1. Advanced Materials Department, Instituto Potosino de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi 78231 (Mexico)
- 2. Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi 78000 (Mexico)
- 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy and NanoCenter, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (United States)
Description
Quantum tunneling through a nonstationary barrier is studied analytically and by a direct numerical solution of Schroedinger equation. Both methods are in agreement and say that the main features of the phenomenon can be described in terms of classical trajectories which are solutions of Newton's equation in complex time. The probability of tunneling is governed by analytical properties of a time-dependent perturbation and the classical trajectory in the plane of complex time. Some preliminary numerical calculations of Euclidean resonance (an easy penetration through a classical nonstationary barrier due to an underbarrier interference) are presented
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 76
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 052103-052103.8
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39049862
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DISTURBANCES; INTERFERENCE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PERTURBATION THEORY; PROBABILITY; RESONANCE; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; TIME DEPENDENCE; TRAJECTORIES; TUNNEL EFFECT
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2007 The American Physical Society