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We present the mathematical model and numerical calculation results for the tunneling of the wave function in a time-periodic double-well potential. The bi-quadratic potential of a double-well form is used. Based on a mathematical model of…

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We discuss the interaction between two resonant states in a quantum double-well structure. The behaviour of the resonant states depends on the coupling between the wells, i.e. the height and width of the barrier that separates them. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wim Vanroose

The assisted tunneling of a wave packet between square one dimensional barriers is treated analytically. The tunneling rate is calculated exactly for a potential mimicking a constant electric field with arbitrary time dependence. The pole…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 G. Kalbermann

We investigate the nature of resonant tunneling in Quantum Field Theory. Following the pioneering work of Banks, Bender and Wu, we describe quantum field theory in terms of infinite dimensional quantum mechanics and utilize the ``Most…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-06-11 Edmund J. Copeland , Antonio Padilla , Paul M. Saffin

The simulation of the time-dependent evolution of the resonant tunneling diode is done by a multiscale algorithm exploiting the existence of resonant states. After revisiting and improving the algorithm developed in [N. Ben Abdallah, O.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Naoufel Ben Abdallah , Ali Faraj

We study an electron that interacts with phonons or other linear or nonlinear excitations as it resonantly tunnels. The method we use is based on mapping a many-body problem in a large variational space exactly onto a one-body problem. The…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Bonca , S. A. Trugman

We propose a quantum mechanical approach to noise in resonant tunneling structures, that can be applied in the whole range of transport regimes, from completely coherent to completely incoherent. In both limiting cases, well known results…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 G. Iannaccone , M. Macucci , B. Pellegrini

We present the first experimental observation of resonance-assisted tunneling, a wave phenomenon, where regular-to-chaotic tunneling is strongly enhanced by the presence of a classical nonlinear resonance chain. For this we use a microwave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-09 Stefan Gehler , Steffen Löck , Susumu Shinohara , Arnd Bäcker , Roland Ketzmerick , Ulrich Kuhl , Hans-Jürgen Stöckmann

We study dissipative tunneling in a double well potential that is driven close to a resonance between the lowest tunnel doublet and a singlet. While the coherent dynamics can be described well within a three-level approximation, dissipative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sigmund Kohler , Peter Hänggi

By directly integrating the Schroedinger starting in the transmission region and working backwards through the barrier, the tunneling probability can be determined for arbitrary potential barriers. The method employs techniques familiar to…

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The thesis explores calculating tunneling current densities between planar conducting electrodes in an STM. It considers factors like bias voltages and the separation between electrodes, using Fermi energy and work functions. Pauli blocking…

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Time-dependent calculation has been a suitable method to investigate the quantum dynamical processes. In Ref. [1] = [T. Oishi et al., J. of Phys. G 45, 105101 (2018)], we applied this method to the one-dimensional two-fermion tunneling in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-10-17 Tomohiro Oishi

Periodic driving of quantum dots is analyzed as a basis for developing dynamic switching devices. We study transport through periodically modulated energy levels which are coupled to leads via tunneling coefficients. Utilizing Floquet…

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Employing the concept of time-delay, a relation is found which counts the number of quantal resonances supported by a potential. Several simple and advanced illustrations include a treatment of square-well, Dirac delta barrier, an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Zafar Ahmed , Sudhir R. Jain

Realistic relaxed configurations of triaxially strained graphene quantum dots are obtained from unbiased atomistic mechanical simulations. The local electronic structure and quantum transport characteristics of y-junctions based on such…

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An application of impedance measurement technique (IMT) for a detection of quantum tunneling in molecular structures is investigated. A charged particle which tunnels in a two-well potential is electrically coupled to a high-quality…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 Anatoly Yu. Smirnov

We have applied the variational $R$-matrix method to calculate the reflection and tunneling probabilities of particles tunneling through one-dimensional potential barriers for five different types of potential profiles -- truncated linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Joseph Kimeu , Roland Mai , Kingshuk Majumdar

The new generation of planar Penning traps promises to be a flexible and versatile tool for quantum information studies. Here, we propose a fully controllable and reversible way to change the typical trapping harmonic potential into a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 G. Ciaramicoli , I. Marzoli , P. Tombesi

We study resonant tunnelling through double-barrier structures under an applied bias voltage, in which nonlinearities due to self-interaction of electrons in the barrier regions are included. As an approximation, we concern ourselves with…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Enrique Diez , Francisco Dominguez-Adame , Angel Sánchez