Time delay in tunnelling through a potential barrier
- 20 January 1985
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 18 (2) , L55-L59
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/18/2/004
Abstract
A simple method is proposed for calculation of the time taken for a particle to tunnel through a potential barrier. The method is applicable to long or short wave packets. For short wave packets the time is reduced below the results given by the stationary phase method.Keywords
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