Gaussian wavepacket dynamics and quantum tunneling in asymmetric double-well systems

Hideo Hasegawa

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2013, vol. 392, issue 24, 6232-6246

Abstract: We have studied dynamical properties and quantum tunneling in asymmetric double-well (DW) systems, by solving Schrödinger’s equation with the use of two kinds of spectral methods for initially squeezed Gaussian wavepackets. Time dependences of wavefunction, averages of position and momentum, the auto-correlation function, an uncertainty product and the tunneling probability have been calculated. Our calculations have shown that (i) the tunneling probability is considerably reduced by a potential asymmetry ΔU, (ii) a resonant tunneling with |ΔU|≃κħω is realized for motion starting from the upper minimum of asymmetric potential wells, but not for motion from lower minimum (κ=0,1,2,…; ω: oscillator frequency at minima), (iii) the reduction of the tunneling probability by an asymmetry is less significant for the Gaussian wavepacket with narrower width, and (iv) the uncertainty product 〈δx2〉〈δp2〉 in the resonant tunneling state is larger than that in the non-resonant tunneling state. The item (ii) is in contrast with the earlier study [D. Mugnai, A. Ranfagni, M. Montagna, O. Pilla, G. Viliani, M. Cetica, Phys. Rev. A 38 (1988) 2182] which showed the symmetric result for motion starting from upper and lower minima.

Keywords: Asymmetric double-well potential; Gaussian wavepacket; Quantum tunneling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.08.015

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