Transmission of wave packets through open mesoscopic systems

Tunneling of the wave packets having rectangular and Gaussian forms through a quantum diode is investigated. By using the potential of the system the S-matrix for this structure is obtained and the analytic expressions describing the form of the transmitted pulse are calculated. These analytic solutions are compared with the numeric ones. An excellent coincidence is detected. The time-delay for the Gaussian pulse tunneling through the quantum dot is investigated in details.