Measuring the Probability Density of Quantum Confined States
- 4 September 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 75 (10) , 1996-1999
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.75.1996
Abstract
We show that it is possible to measure the probability density of a quantum-confined state using resonant magnetotunneling. We have measured the probability densities of the lowest three bound states formed in a semiconductor nanostructure and show that they are eigenstates of a parabolic potential.Keywords
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