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Smooth double barriers in quantum mechanics

Quantum Physics 2021-10-26 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Quantum mechanical tunneling across smooth double barrier potentials modeled using Gaussian functions, is analyzed numerically and by using the WKB approximation. The transmission probability, resonances as a function of incident particle energy, and their dependence on the barrier parameters are obtained for various cases. We also discuss the tunneling time, for which we obtain generalizations of the known results for rectangular barriers.

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@article{arxiv.1008.1640,
  title  = {Smooth double barriers in quantum mechanics},
  author = {Avik Dutt and Sayan Kar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1640},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

23 pages, 8 figures, misplaced parenthesis and a few typos corrected

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