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A general nonperturbative theory of the low-energy electron propagator is developed and used to calculate the single-particle density of states in a variety of systems. This method involves the decoupling of the electron-electron…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-09-17 Kelly R. Patton

Quantum tunneling across double potential barriers is studied. With the assumption that the real space is a continuum, it is rigorously proved that large barriers of arbitrary shapes can be penetrated by low-energy particles with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-02 Yong Yang

The tunneling effect is the most popular phenomenon of quantum physics and is present in modern physical theories. Still, the most important features of this effect are already present in toy models - low dimensional quantum mechanics with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-07 Zbigniew Ambrozinski

A semiclassical method for the calculation of tunneling exponent in systems with many degrees of freedom is developed. We find that corresponding classical solution as function of energy form several branches joint by bifurcation points. A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Bezrukov , D. Levkov

The results of tunnelling studies of the energy spectrum of two-dimensional (2D) states in a surface quantum well in a semiconductor with inverted band structure are presented. The energy dependence of quasimomentum of the 2D states over a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 G. M. Minkov , A. V. Germanenko , V. A. Larionova , O. E. Rut

We study the quantum tunnel effect through a potential barrier employing a semiclassical formulation of quantum mechanics based on expectation values of configuration variables and quantum dispersions as dynamical variables. The evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 L. Aragon-Muñoz , G. Chacon-Acosta , H. Hernandez-Hernandez

We study the quantum tunnelling of a very complex object of which only part is coupled to an external potential ( the potential barrier ). We treat this problem as the tunnelling of a particle (part of the system affected by the potential)…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-02-03 A. H. Castro Neto , A. O. Caldeira

Our objective is to study resonant tunneling of an electron in the presence of inelastic scattering by optical phonons. Using a recently developed technique, based on exact mapping of a many-body problem onto a one-body problem, we compute…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Haule , J. Bonca

Following our work [Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 020401 (2020)], we discuss a semiclassical description of one-dimensional quantum tunneling through multibarrier potentials in terms of complex time. We start by defining a complex-extended…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Pavel Stránský , Milan Šindelka , Pavel Cejnar

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Vladimir Dubinko , Oleksandr Mazmanishvili

In this paper we show an approach to electron transport in double barrier structures which unifies the well known sequential and resonant tunneling models in the widest range of transport regimes, from completely coherent to completely…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Giuseppe Iannaccone , Bruno Pellegrini

Tunneling from a two-dimensional contact into quantum-Hall edges is considered theoretically for a case where the barrier is extended, uniform, and parallel to the edge. In contrast to previously realized tunneling geometries, details of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 U. Zuelicke , E. Shimshoni , M. Governale

We present a theory of tunneling and resonant transitions in one-dimensional molecular systems which is based on Green's function theory of electron sub-barrier scattering off the structural units (or functional groups) of a molecular…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 I. I. Oleynik , M. A. Kozhushner , V. S. Posvyanskii

Tunneling of a two-state particle through a squeezed vacuum is considered. It has been shown that repetitive measurement or interaction with the external field can preserve the coherence. Moreover, the coherence time in terms of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Samyadeb Bhattacharya , Sisir Roy

We consider the conductance of a one-dimensional wire interrupted by a double-barrier structure allowing for a resonant level. Using the electron-electron interaction strength as a small parameter, we are able to build a non-perturbative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yu. V. Nazarov , L. I. Glazman

We develop a theory of tunneling spectroscopy of interacting electrons in a non-equilibrium quantum wire coupled to reservoirs. The problem is modelled as an out-of-equilibrium Luttinger liquid with spatially dependent interaction. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-09 D. B. Gutman , Yuval Gefen , A. D. Mirlin

We demonstrate how rate equations can be employed to find analytical expressions for the sequential tunneling current through a quantum dot as a function of the tunnel rates, for an arbitrary number of states involved. We apply this method…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Hanson , I. T. Vink , D. P. DiVincenzo , L. M. K. Vandersypen , J. M. Elzerman , L. H. Willems van Beveren , L. P. Kouwenhoven

Tunnel ionization belongs to the fundamental processes of atomic physics. The so-called two-step model, which describes the ionization as instantaneous tunneling at the electric field maximum and classical motion afterwards with zero exit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Nicolas Teeny , Enderalp Yakaboylu , Heiko Bauke , Christoph H. Keitel

We derive a semiclassical formula for the tunneling current of electrons trapped in a potential well which can tunnel into and across a wide quantum well. The calculations idealize an experimental situation where a strong magnetic field…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 E. B. Bogomolny , D. C. Rouben

We propose a framework for calculating scattering and bound state properties in anisotropic two-dimensional potentials. Using our method, we derive systematic approximations of partial wave phase shifts and binding energies. Moreover, the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-01-31 Matthias Rosenkranz , Weizhu Bao