A primer for resonant tunnelling

Jérémy Le Deunff (1, 2) , Olivier Brodier (2, 3) , Amaury Mouchet (3, 2)

1 MPI-PKS - Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
2 FDP - Fédération de recherche Denis Poisson
3 LMPT - Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique

Resonant tunnelling is studied numerically and analytically with the help of a three-well quantum one-dimensional time-independent model. The simplest cases are considered where the three-well potential is polynomial or piecewise constant.

Mots clés: tunnelling tunneling; resonant tunnelling resonant tunneling; semiclassical methods

Domaines: Physique Quantique [quant-ph]

Jérémy Le Deunff, Olivier Brodier, Amaury Mouchet. A primer for resonant tunnelling. European Journal of Physics, 2012, 33 (6), pp.1771-1787. ⟨10.1088/0143-0807/33/6/1771⟩. ⟨hal-00721554v2⟩