abstract

• Quantum tunneling across a static potential barrier in a static magnetic field is very sensitive to an analytical form of the potential barrier. Depending on that, the oscillatory structure of the modulus of the wave function can be formed in the direction of tunneling. Due to an underbarrier interference, the probability of tunneling through a higher barrier can be larger than through a lower one. For some barriers the quantum interference of underbarrier cyclotron paths results in a strong enhancement of tunneling. This occurs in the vicinity of the certain magnetic field and is referred to as Euclidean resonance. This strongly contrasts to the Wentzel, Kramers, and Brillouin type tunneling which occurs with no magnetic field. © 2006 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Ivlev Boris

publication date

• 2006-01-01

published in

• Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  Journal

keywords

• Brillouin scattering; Cyclotrons; Elastic moduli; Light interference; Magnetic fields; Probability; Quantum tunneling; Static magnetic field; Underbarrier cyclotron paths; Underbarrier interference; Electron tunneling

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.052106

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volume

• 73

issue

• 5