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Atom Tunneling

Atom Tunneling is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an atom, as a whole, traverses a potential energy barrier that it classically could not surmount, due to the finite probability of its wavefunction extending into and through the barrier.

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Atomic Tunneling

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Theory of the scanning tunneling microscope

J. Tersoff, D. R. Hamann · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 1985 · 4.3K citations

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Positioning single atoms with a scanning tunnelling microscope

D. M. Eigler, E. K. Schweizer · Nature · 1990 · 3.1K citations

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Realization of the Hofstadter Hamiltonian with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices

Monika Aidelsburger, M. Atala, Michael Lohse et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2013 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Tunnel ionization of complex atoms and of atomic ions in an altemating electromagnetic field

M. V. Ammosov · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1986 · 1.3K citations

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Quantum Coherent Atomic Tunneling between Two Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates

Augusto Smerzi, S. Fantoni, S. Giovanazzi et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1997 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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    Min Li

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

    12 publications · 534 citations

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    Johannes Kästner

    University of Stuttgart, Germany

    9 publications · 525 citations

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    Sebastian Kozuch

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    8 publications · 251 citations

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    Mark G. Raizen

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    8 publications · 946 citations

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    S. L. Chin

    Université Laval, Canada

    7 publications · 627 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    38 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, China

    12 h-index

    67 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    11 h-index

    34 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. University of Stuttgart

    Stuttgart, Germany

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    63 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    10 h-index

    31 publications

    4.6K citations

  7. Hunan Normal University

    Changsha, China

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    602 citations

  8. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics

    Wuhan, China

    8 h-index

    53 publications

    3.2K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 86 publications · 13K citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 90 publications · 3.7K citations

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  3. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 24 publications · 6.2K citations

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  4. Physical review. A/Physical review, A

    PRA · 27 publications · 737 citations

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  5. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    19 publications · 636 citations

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