Numerical calculation of particle trajectories and tunneling times for resonant tunneling barrier structures
- 14 August 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 55 (7) , 669-671
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.101817
Abstract
The Wigner particle trajectories in phase space for double-barrier semiconductor quantum well structures are investigated by numerically calculating the Wigner distribution function. The determination of the particle dynamics of the phase points allows for an estimation of tunneling times, particle currents, and particle energies associated with the statistics of bound and open trajectories across the double-barrier structures.Keywords
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