Decoherence, tunneling, and noise-induced activation in a double-potential well at high and zero temperature

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Antunes, Nuno D ^a   Lombardo, Fernando C ^b   Monteoliva, Diana ^c   Villar, Paula I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TUNNELING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CORRESPONDING TIME SCALES; DECOHERENCE; NOISE-INDUCED ACTIVATION; STATIC DOUBLE-WELL POTENTIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 33744818508     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.066105     Document Type: Article

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