Apparent superluminality and the generalized Hartman effect in double-barrier tunneling.
Recent papers suggest that tunneling wave packets traverse the region of allowed propagation between two potential barriers with superluminal group velocity and in a time independent of barrier separation. This phenomenon has been termed the "generalized Hartman effect" and extended to multiple barriers. Here we show that this delay time is not a transit time but a cavity lifetime. It does not imply superluminal velocity. Reported experimental verifications of this effect are reinterpreted.
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Herbert G
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, 1301 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2122, USA.