A primer for resonant tunnelling

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

1 MPI-PKS - Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
2 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. 2012. ⟨hal-00721554v1⟩