Semiclassical Tunneling of Wavepackets with Real Trajectories
arXiv:quant-ph/0609016 · doi:10.1088/0031-8949/75/3/023
Abstract
Semiclassical approximations for tunneling processes usually involve complex trajectories or complex times. In this paper we use a previously derived approximation involving only real trajectories propagating in real time to describe the scattering of a Gaussian wavepacket by a finite square potential barrier. We show that the approximation describes both tunneling and interferences very accurately in the limit of small Plank's constant. We use these results to estimate the tunneling time of the wavepacket and find that, for high energies, the barrier slows down the wavepacket but that it speeds it up at energies comparable to the barrier height.
23 pages, 7 figures Revised text and figures
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