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Electron Escape from a Quantum Well

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

James P. Lavine  and
Harvey S. Picker
James P. Lavine
Affiliation:
Microelectronics Technology Division Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY 14650–2008
Harvey S. Picker
Affiliation:
Department of Physics Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106
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Abstract

The quantum mechanical escape rate is calculated for an electron in a one-dimensional potential well. First-order time-dependent perturbation theory is used for the bound-to-bound and the bound-to-free transitions. The bound-to-free transition probability decays exponentially with bound energy. The fraction of one-electron systems in a bound state decays exponentially with time. The characteristic time constant grows exponentially with an increasein the depth of the potential well.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 464: Symposium FF – Dynamics in Small Confining Systems III , 1996 , 275
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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