Time delay in tunnelling through a potential barrier

1985/01/20 by J R Fletcher · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum optics and atomic interactions

paper · doi:10.1088/0022-3719/18/2/004

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Abstract

A simple method is proposed for calculation of the time taken for a particle to tunnel through a potential barrier. The method is applicable to long or short wave packets. For short wave packets the time is reduced below the results given by the stationary phase method.

Citations

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