TRANSMISSION, REFLECTION, AND INTERFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TUNNELING DWELL TIME

被引:23
作者
BROUARD, S
SALA, R
MUGA, JG
机构
[1] Departamento de Física Fundamental y, Experimental Universidad, Tenerife, La Laguna
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1993年 / 22卷 / 03期
关键词
QUANTUM THEORY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TUNNELING; GENERAL;
D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/22/3/001
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Expressions for the transmission, reflection, and interference contributions to the dwell time for wave packet scattering are obtained by means of scattering theory projector operators that provide a unifying framework for various dwell time decompositions. These different dwell time resolutions are illustrated with the aid of a formal analogy between the two-level system and one-dimensional scattering. The complex <<times>> and Larmor times proposed by other authors are found as particular cases of the theory. Numerical calculations for a rectangular barrier are provided.
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页码:159 / 165
页数:7
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