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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

We adapt the semiclassical technique, as used in the context of instanton transitions in quantum field theory, to the description of tunneling transmissions at finite energies through potential barriers by complex quantum mechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. F. Bonini , A. G. Cohen , C. Rebbi , V. A. Rubakov

We study the tunnelling trough a potential barrier of the system of two quantum correlated particles. The system is considered in one dimension. The interaction with the barrier and between particles is approximated by $\delta$-potentials.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 S. A. Avdonin , L. A. Dmitrieva , Yu. A. Kuperin , G. E. Rudin

Quantum tunneling across multiple barriers as yet is an unsolved problem for barrier numbers greater than five. The complexity of the mathematical analysis even for small number of barriers pushed it into the realms of Numerical Analysis.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-31 Siddhant Das

We present an improved Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) calculation of tunnel splitting in one dimensional asymmetric double well potentials. We show that the tunnel splitting in general can have linear dependence on the bias energy, beside…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-26 Seyyed M. H. Halataei , Anthony J. Leggett

One-body quantum tunneling to continuum is treated via the two-potential approach, dividing the tunneling potential into external and internal parts. We show that corrections to this approach can be minimized by taking the separation radius…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-02-05 S. A. Gurvitz , P. B. Semmes , W. Nazarewicz , T. Vertse

Azbel' has recently carried out a WKB-analysis of the effects of a nonharmonic time-dependent perturbation embedded in an opaque potential barrier. He suggests the existence of three different transmission regimes: direct tunneling,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 J. A. Støvneng , A. -P. Jauho

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

The time dependent density matrix of a system with potential barrier is studied using path integrals. The characterization of the initial state, which is assumed to be restricted to one side of the barrier, and the time evolution of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Joachim Ankerhold , Hermann Grabert

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 have analyzed the tunneling transmission probability and electronic current density through resonant heterostructures in the presence of an external electromagnetic field. In this work, we compare two different models for a double…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 R. Aguado , J. Inarrea , G. Platero

We consider phonon tunneling in sonic black hole by WKB approximation method without the backreaction, in which the relativistic momentum-energy equation is used. We also study the WKB loop (closed path) integral [B. D. Chowdhury,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-16 H. Z. Fang , K. H. Zhou

Despite quantum tunneling has been studied since the advent of quantum mechanics, the literature appears to contain no simple (textbook) formula for tunneling in generic asymmetric double-well potentials. In the regime of strong…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-19 Gianluca Rastelli

The notion of a double well potential typically involves two regions of space separated by a repulsive potential barrier. The solution is a wave function that is suppressed in the barrier region and localized in the two surrounding regions.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-12-22 A. Ibrahim , F. Marsiglio

The problem of inter-band tunneling in a semiconductor (Zener breakdown) in a nonstationary and homogeneous electric field is solved exactly. Using the exact analytical solution, the approximation based on classical trajectories is studied.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Boris Ivlev

We introduce a solvable model of a nonlinear double-barrier structure, described by a generalized effective-mass equation with a nonlinear coupling term. This model is interesting in its own right for possible new applications, as well as…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Diez , A. Sanchez , F. Dominguez-Adame

In this paper we revisit the one-dimensional tunneling problem. We consider Kemble's approximation for the transmission coefficient. We show how this approximation can be extended to above-barrier energies by performing the analytical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-03-22 A. J. Toubiana , L. F. Canto , M. S. Hussein

We investigate the effect of anharmonicity on the WKB approximation in a double well potential. By incorporating the anharmonic perturbation into the WKB energy splitting formula we show that the WKB approximation can be greatly improved in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chang Soo Park , Soo-Young Lee , Jae-Rok Kahng , Sahng-Kyoon Yoo , D. K. Park , C. H. Lee , Eui-Soon Yim

We have studied the problem of coherent and sequential tunneling through a double barrier structure, assisted by light considered to be present All over the structure, i,e emitter, well and collector as in the experimental evidence. By…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 J. Inarrea , G. Platero , C. Tejedor

Process of quantum tunneling of particles in various physical systems can be effectively controlled even by a weak and slow varying in time electromagnetic signal if to adapt specially its shape to a particular system. During an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-05 B. I. Ivlev