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量子隧道

1927
  • Friedrich Hund
在实验室环境中展示量子隧道原理的扫描隧道显微镜。

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量子力学中,波函数可以穿过势垒传播的现象称为隧穿。在经典力学中,能量不足以克服势垒的粒子会被反射。然而,由于粒子的波动性,粒子有一定概率出现在势垒的另一侧,有效地“隧穿”了势垒。

Quantum tunneling is a direct consequence of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the probabilistic nature of a particle’s location described by its wavefunction. When a particle’s wavefunction encounters a potential barrier, it does not abruptly drop to zero. Instead, it decays exponentially inside the barrier. If the barrier is thin enough, the wavefunction can have a small but non-zero amplitude on the other side. Since the probability of finding the particle is related to the square of the wavefunction’s amplitude, there is a finite probability of the particle being detected on the far side of the barrier.

The probability of tunneling decreases exponentially with the thickness of the barrier and the square root of the barrier’s height and the particle’s mass. This is why tunneling is significant for microscopic particles like electrons but negligible for macroscopic objects. For example, in nuclear fusion within the Sun, protons do not have enough thermal energy to overcome their mutual electrostatic repulsion (the Coulomb barrier). Fusion is only possible because the protons can tunnel through this barrier, allowing the strong nuclear force to bind them together. Similarly, the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) works by measuring the tunneling current of electrons between a sharp metallic tip and a sample surface, allowing for imaging with atomic resolution.

UNESCO Nomenclature: 2210
- 量子物理学

类型

抽象系统

中断

重大的

用法

广泛使用

前体

  • Schrödinger equation (1926)
  • 波粒二象性
  • 放射性(α衰变)研究
  • 海森堡不确定性原理(1927年)

应用程序

  • 扫描隧道显微镜(STM)
  • 电子学中的隧道二极管
  • 闪存(浮栅晶体管)
  • 恒星中的核聚变
  • 原子核的α衰变

专利:

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相关领域:量子隧穿、波函数、势垒、扫描隧道显微镜、核聚变、α衰变、量子力学、概率。

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