dorsal/arxiv
View SchemaDelay time and tunneling transient phenomena
| Authors | Gaston Garcia-Calderon, Jorge Villavicencio |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0210008 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0210008 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.032104 |
Abstract
Analytic solutions to the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for cutoff wave initial conditions are used to investigate the time evolution of the transmitted probability density for tunneling. For a broad range of values of the potential barrier opacity $\alpha$, we find that the probability density exhibits two evolving structures. One refers to the propagation of a {\it forerunner} related to a {\it time domain resonance} [Phys. Rev. A {\bf 64}, 0121907 (2001)], while the other consists of a semiclassical propagating wavefront. We find a regime where the {\it forerunners} are absent, corresponding to positive {\it time delays}, and show that this regime is characterized by opacities $\alpha < \alpha_c$. The critical opacity $\alpha_c$ is derived from the analytical expression for the {\it delay time}, that reflects a link between transient effects in tunneling and the {\it delay time}
{
"annotation_id": "bbb3c5a1-6050-41ef-b3f0-fe7029e76f53",
"date_created": "2026-03-02T18:01:52.436000Z",
"date_modified": "2026-03-02T18:01:52.436000Z",
"file_hash": "d93be17db5ffb8806f0ccb1da7441620d525335c2c3bada2b189c18f25ca9ea3",
"private": false,
"record": {
"abstract": "Analytic solutions to the time-dependent Schr\\\"odinger equation for cutoff\nwave initial conditions are used to investigate the time evolution of the\ntransmitted probability density for tunneling. For a broad range of values of\nthe potential barrier opacity $\\alpha$, we find that the probability density\nexhibits two evolving structures. One refers to the propagation of a {\\it\nforerunner} related to a {\\it time domain resonance} [Phys. Rev. A {\\bf 64},\n0121907 (2001)], while the other consists of a semiclassical propagating\nwavefront. We find a regime where the {\\it forerunners} are absent,\ncorresponding to positive {\\it time delays}, and show that this regime is\ncharacterized by opacities $\\alpha \u003c \\alpha_c$. The critical opacity $\\alpha_c$\nis derived from the analytical expression for the {\\it delay time}, that\nreflects a link between transient effects in tunneling and the {\\it delay time}",
"arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0210008",
"authors": [
"Gaston Garcia-Calderon",
"Jorge Villavicencio"
],
"categories": [
"quant-ph"
],
"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.66.032104",
"title": "Delay time and tunneling transient phenomena",
"url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0210008"
},
"schema_id": "dorsal/arxiv",
"source": {
"execution_id": "f521c7cf-77d7-4e6f-8e63-a8a4396f4cf6",
"id": "arXiv Dataset IDs",
"type": "Model",
"variant": "snapshot-2026-03-01",
"version": "0.1.0"
},
"user_id": 1000002
}