SUPPRESSION OF TUNNELING IN PERIODICALLY DRIVEN BISTABLE SYSTEMS

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Abstract

The phenomenon of tunneling is investigated for a symmetric double-well potential perturbed by a monochromatic driving force. The analysis is based on a numerical treatment of the quantum map that propagates the system over one period of the external force, and of the spectrum of its eigenphases (quasi-energies). At driving frequencies between the bare tunneling frequency and the harmonic well frequency, we find for specific parameter values of the driving force a localization of the wave packet in one of the wells (coherent destruction of tunneling).

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)293-296
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume175
Issue number1-3
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1991
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

TitleINTERNATIONAL SYMP ON ANALOGIES IN OPTICS AND MICRO-ELECTRONICS
Duration1 - 3 May 1991
CityEINDHOVEN
CountryNetherlands

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Scopus 0026367819

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