Communications in Theoretical Physics
Tunneling Effect of Atom Through Cavity Fields
Wang xiaoguang, Qi Tingzhu
Abstract
Based on the model proposed by B.G. Englert et al., we study the tunneling effect of an atom through one or two cavities while the atom is slow enough. This is purely the quantum, effect of atom. When an atom is in excited state and cavity fields in single number state, the atom will experience a potential well and a potential barrier. The. transmission probability is obtained as the contributions of two parts, one is the transmission probability through the potential well and another the tunneling probability through the potential barrier.