Abstract
The transmission coefficient for electrons incident on an oscillating thin potential barrier is calculated for the case of a classical barrier and for the case where phonons are present (quantum barrier). In the classical case we find a feedback mechanism between elastic and inelastic tunnel current similar to that found by Gelfand, Schmitt-Rink, and Levi [Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 1683 (1989)] in the quantum barrier case.
- Received 17 October 1989
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.41.2273
©1990 American Physical Society
