Physical Review A

Relation between quantum tunneling times for relativistic particles

Herbert G. Winful, Moussa N’Gom, Natalia M. Litchinitser

Published Nov 23, 2004• 44 citations

Abstract

A general relation between the phase time (group delay) and the dwell time is derived for relativistic tunneling particles described by the Dirac equation. It is shown that the phase time equals the dwell time plus a self-interference delay which is a relativistic generalization of previous results.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.70.052112

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