Published May 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Invisibility of quantum systems to tunneling of matter waves

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apartado Postal 20 364, 01000 Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)

Description

We show that an appropriate choice of the potential parameters in one-dimensional quantum systems allows for unity transmission of the tunneling particle at all incident tunneling energies, except at controllable exceedingly small incident energies. The corresponding dwell time and the transmission amplitude are indistinguishable from those of a free particle in the unity-transmission regime. This implies the possibility of designing quantum systems that are invisible to tunneling by a passing wave packet.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052103-052103.7
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41045581
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLITUDES; INTERFERENCE; MATTER; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PARTICLES; TRANSMISSION; TUNNEL EFFECT; WAVE PACKETS

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