Double-Well Quantum Tunneling Visualized via Wigner's Function
Quantum Physics
2011-08-11 v1
Abstract
We investigate quantum tunneling in smooth symmetric and asymmetric double-well potentials. Exact solutions for the ground and first excited states are used to study the dynamics. We introduce Wigner's quasi-probability distribution function to highlight and visualize the non-classical nature of spatial correlations arising in tunneling.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1108.2214,
title = {Double-Well Quantum Tunneling Visualized via Wigner's Function},
author = {Dimitris Kakofengitis and Ole Steuernagel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.2214},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
5 pages, 6 figures