Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings)

Quantum evaporation: An optical transposition

C. Hirlimann, B. Thomas

Published Jun 1, 2002• 0 citations

Abstract

\nThis work shows experimental evidence for a new quantum evaporation effect theoretically discovered by Bardou and Boosdt. In this effect the tunnelling probability of a particle through a barrier strongly increases when a small momentum is transferred to the particle during its reflection on the barrier. In our experiment we studied the induced tunnelling of a short optical pulse on a Newton-type optical barrier.\n

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:20020121

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