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Matter waves from localized quantum sources

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Matter waves originating from a localized region in space appear commonly in physics. Examples are photo-electrons, ballistic electrons in nanotechnology devices (scanning-tunneling microscopy, quantum Hall effect), or atoms released from a coherent source (atom laser). We introduce the energy-dependent Green function as a suitable tool to calculate the arising currents. For some systems experimental data is available and in excellent agreement with the presented results.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0309134,
  title  = {Matter waves from localized quantum sources},
  author = {Tobias Kramer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0309134},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

8 pages, 4 figures, to be published in the proceedings of the ICSSUR 2003, Puebla, Mexico