Time dependence of evanescent quantum waves

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 13-

  Muga, J G ^a,b   Buttiker M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 85037252921     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.023808     Document Type: Article

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