The reflection and transmission group delay times in an asymmetric single quantum barrier |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Xi?ChenEmail author Chun-Fang?Li |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, P.R. China;(2) State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics Technology, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Academia Sinica, 322 West Youyi Road, Xi’an, 710068, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | The reflection and transmission group delay times are
systematically investigated in an asymmetric single quantum
barrier. It is reported that the reflection times in both
evanescent and propagating cases can be either negative or
positive, depending on the relative height of the potential
energies on the two sides of the barrier. In the evanescent case
where the energy of incident particles is less than the height of
the barrier, the reflection and transmission times in the opaque
limit are both independent of the barrier’s thickness, showing
superluminality. On the other hand, in the propagating case where
the energy of incident particles is larger than the height of the
barrier, the reflection and transmission times as the periodical
function of the barrier’s thickness can be greatly enhanced by the
transmission resonance. It is also shown that the transmission
time and the reflection times for the two propagation directions
in the same asymmetric configuration satisfy the reciprocal
relation, as consequence of time reversal invariance in quantum
mechanics. These phenomena may lead to novel applications in
electronic devices. |
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