Dynamically assisted tunneling in the impulse regime

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2102.07474v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:32:41 GMT
• Title: Dynamically assisted tunneling in the impulse regime
• Authors: Christian Kohlf\"urst, Friedemann Queisser, Ralf Sch\"utzhold
• Abstract summary: We study the enhancement of tunneling through a potential barrier $V(x)$ by a time-dependent electric field with special emphasis on pulse-shaped vector potentials. These findings could be relevant for nuclear fusion, where pulses $A_x(t)$ with $omega=1rm keV$ and peak field strengths of $1016rm V/m$ might enhance tunneling rates significantly.
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• Abstract: We study the enhancement of tunneling through a potential barrier $V(x)$ by a time-dependent electric field with special emphasis on pulse-shaped vector potentials such as $A_x(t)=A_0/\cosh^2(\omega t)$. In addition to the known effects of pre-acceleration and potential deformation already present in the adiabatic regime, as well as energy mixing in analogy to the Franz-Keldysh effect in the non-adiabatic (impulse) regime, the pulse $A_x(t)$ can enhance tunneling by ``pushing'' part of the wave-function out of the rear end of the barrier. Besides the natural applications in condensed matter and atomic physics, these findings could be relevant for nuclear fusion, where pulses $A_x(t)$ with $\omega=1~\rm keV$ and peak field strengths of $10^{16}~\rm V/m$ might enhance tunneling rates significantly.

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