Delay Time and the Hartman Effect in Quantum Tunneling
Abstract
A general relation between the group delay and the dwell time is derived for quantum tunneling. It is shown that the group delay is equal to the dwell time plus a self-interference delay. The Hartman effect in quantum tunneling is explained on the basis of saturation of the integrated probability density (or number of particles) under the barrier.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.260401
- Bibcode:
- 2003PhRvL..91z0401W
- Keywords:
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- 03.65.Xp;
- 73.43.Jn;
- 73.40.Gk;
- Tunneling traversal time quantum Zeno dynamics;
- Tunneling;
- Tunneling