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arXiv:2002.04233 · Physical Review Research

Exploring the non-equilibrium fluctuation relation for quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons across a modulating barrier

Dibya J. Sivananda, Nirmal Kumar Roy, P. C. Mahato, S. S. Banerjee

Published Nov 16, 2020• 4 citations
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Abstract

The authors study the irreversibility of electron trajectories associated with quantum mechanical tunnelling across a modulated barrier, and show these quantum mechanical trajectories obey the non-equilibrium fluctuation relation.
DOI
10.1103/physrevresearch.2.043237

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