Wave packet approach to periodically driven scattering

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Contributors

  • TUD Dresden University of Technology

Abstract

For autonomous systems it is well known how to extract tunneling probabilities from wave packet calculations. Here we present a corresponding approach for periodically time-dependent Hamiltonians, valid at all frequencies, field strengths, and transition orders. After mapping the periodically driven system onto a time-independent one with an additional degree of freedom use is made of the correlation function formulation of scattering [D. J. Tannor and D. E. Weeks, J. Chem. Phys. 98, 3884 (1993)]. The formalism is then applied to study the transmission properties of a resonant tunneling double barrier structure under the influence of a sinusoidal laser field, revealing an unexpected antiresonance in the zero-photon transition for large field strengths.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number113306
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review. B
Volume70
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2004
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 19744382371

Keywords

Keywords

  • DOUBLE-BARRIER STRUCTURE, INFRARED-RADIATION, TIME, WAVEPACKETS, FORMULATION, TRANSPORT, FIELD