Transmission time of wave packets through tunneling barriers

Abstract

The transmission of wave packets through tunneling barriers is studied in detail by the method of quantum molecular dynamics. The distribution function of the times describing the arrival of a tunneling packet in front of and behind a barrier and the momentum distribution function of the packet are calculated. The behavior of the average coordinate of a packet, the average momentum, and their variances is investigated. It is found that under the barrier a part of the packet is reflected and a Gaussian barrier increases the average momentum of the transmitted packet and its variance in momentum space.

23 pages, 5 figures

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