Eigenstate assisted activation
- 6 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 68 (1) , 98-101
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.68.98
Abstract
Transmission through an opaque static barrier is greatly enhanced by an alternating potential. If a particle is activated to its lowest instantaneous eigenenergy, it is ‘‘trapped’’ and will follow the alternating potential to the top of the static barrier (‘‘elevator effect’’).Keywords
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