Quantum tunneling in low-dimensional semiconductors mediated by virtual photons
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Abstract
Quantum tunneling, a phenomenon that has no counterpart in classical physics, is the quantum-mechanical process by which a microscopic particle can transition through a potential barrier even when the energy of the incident particle is lower than the height of the potential barrier. In this work, a mechanism based on electron/hole annihilation and creation with the participation of virtual photons is proposed as an alternative to explain quantum tunneling processes in semiconductors. Finally, tunneling times are discussed within the proposed framework.
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OpenAlex topics: Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications · Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates · Quantum Information and Cryptography
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Affiliations
Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de Materiales “Nicolás Cabrera,” Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco , 28049 Madrid, Spain and , Pennsylvania 16802, USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park , 28049 Madrid, Spain and , Pennsylvania 16802, USA
Funding
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
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