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arXiv:1408.1990 · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Time-dependent exchange and tunneling: detection at the same place of two electrons emitted simultaneously from different sources

Damiano Marian, Enrique Colomés, Xavier Oriols

Published Jun 1, 2015• 25 citations
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Abstract

Two-particle scattering probabilities in tunneling scenarios with exchange interaction are analyzed with quasi-particle wave packets. Two initial one-particle wave packets (with opposite central momentums) are spatially localized at each side of a barrier. After impinging upon a tunneling barrier, each wave packet splits into transmitted and reflected components. When the initial two-particle anti-symmetrical state is defined as a Slater determinant of any type of (normalizable) one-particle wave packet, it is shown that the probability of detecting two (identically injected) electrons at the same side of the barrier is different from zero in very common (single or double barrier) scenarios. In some particular scenarios, the transmitted and reflected components become orthogonal and the mentioned probabilities reproduce those values associated to distinguishable particles. These unexpected non-zero probabilities are still present when non-separable Coulomb interaction or non-symmetrical potentials are considered. On the other hand, for initial wave packets close to Hamiltonian eigenstates, the usual zero two-particle probability for electrons at the same side of the barrier found in the literature is recovered. The generalization to many-particle scattering probabilities with quasi-particle wave packets for low and high phase-space density are also analyzed. The far-reaching consequences of these non-zero probabilities in the accurate evaluation of quantum noise in mesoscopic systems are briefly indicated.

DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/27/24/245302

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Quantum transport is commonly studied with the use of quasi-particle infinite- extended states. This leads to a powerful formalism, the scattering-states theory, able to capture in compact formulas quantities of interest, such as average current, noise, etc.. However, when investigating the spatial size-dependence of quasi-particle wave packets in quantum noise with exchange and tunneling, unexpected new terms appear in the quantum noise expression. For this purpose, the two particle transmission and reflection probabilities for two initial one-particle wave packets (with opposite central momentums) spatially localized at each side of a potential barrier are studied. After the interaction, each wave packet splits into a transmitted and a reflected component. It can be shown that the probability of detecting two (identically injected) electrons at the same side of the barrier is different from zero in very common (single or double barrier) scenarios. This originates an increase of quantum noise which cannot be obtained through the scattering states formalism.
We develop a new variant of the wave-packet analysis and solve the tunneling time problem for one particle. Our approach suggests an individual asymptotic description of the quantum subensembles of transmitted and reflected particles both at the final and initial stage of tunneling. We find the initial states of both subensembles, which are non-orthogonal. The latter reflects ultimately the fact that at the initial stage of tunneling it is impossible to predict whether a particle will be transmitted through or reflected off the barrier. At the same time, in this case, one can say about the to-be-transmitted and to-be-reflected subensembles of particles. We show that before the interaction of the incident packet with the barrier both the number of particles and the expectation value of the particle's momentum are constant for each subensemble. Besides, these asymptotic quantities coincide with those of the corresponding scattered subensemble. On the basis of this formalism we define individual delay times for both scattering channels. Taking into account the spreading of wave packets, we define the low bound of the scattering time to describe the whole quantum ensemble of particles. All three characteristic times are derived in terms of the expectation values of the position and momentum operators. The condition which must be fulfilled for completed scattering events is derived. We propose also the scheme of a {\it gedanken} experiment that allows one to verify our approach.
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