Timescales of tunneling decay of a localized state

Details Timescales of tunneling decay of a localized state Timescales of tunneling decay of a localized state

2010-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/1008.3853v2

Phys. Rev. A 82, 062121 (2010)

Physics

Quantum Physics

9 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.82.062121

Motivated by recent time domain experiments on ultrafast atom ionization, we analyze the transients and timescales that characterize, besides the relatively long lifetime, the decay by tunneling of a localized state. While the tunneling starts immediately, some time is required for the outgoing flux to develop. This short-term behavior depends strongly on the initial state. For the initial state tightly localized so that the initial transients are dominated by over-the-barrier motion, the timescale for the flux propagation through the barrier is close to the B\"uttiker-Landauer traversal time. Then a quasistationary, slowly decay process follows, which sets ideal conditions for observing diffraction in time at longer times and distances. To define operationally a tunnelling time at the barrier edge, we extrapolate backwards the propagation of the wave packet escaped from the potential. This extrapolated time is considerably longer than the timescale of the flux and density buildup at the barrier edge.

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