Quantum tunneling and anti-tunneling across entropic barriers
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| author | Malgaretti, Paolo Petiziol, Francesco Schnell, Alexander |
| author_facet | Malgaretti, Paolo Petiziol, Francesco Schnell, Alexander |
| contents | We study the dynamics of a quantum particle in a constricted two-dimensional channel and analyze how the onset of quantum corrections impacts the (semi-)classical high-temperature behaviour, as temperature is lowered. We characterize both equilibrium and non-equilibrium (transport) properties of the system, considering the case of a narrow and disorder-free channel. Counterintuitively, we find that quantum corrections do not monotonically enhance the particle current as the temperature is lowered, as naively expected from the activation of coherent tunnelling, but they rather inhibit transport at intermediate temperatures, increasing the effective free-energy barrier. We illustrate this ``anti-tunnelling'' effect numerically by computing the non-equilibrium steady-state of a quantum master equation describing the system, and confirm it analytically by adopting the Quantum Smoluchowski limit. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum tunneling and anti-tunneling across entropic barriers Malgaretti, Paolo Petiziol, Francesco Schnell, Alexander Quantum Physics Quantum Gases Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics We study the dynamics of a quantum particle in a constricted two-dimensional channel and analyze how the onset of quantum corrections impacts the (semi-)classical high-temperature behaviour, as temperature is lowered. We characterize both equilibrium and non-equilibrium (transport) properties of the system, considering the case of a narrow and disorder-free channel. Counterintuitively, we find that quantum corrections do not monotonically enhance the particle current as the temperature is lowered, as naively expected from the activation of coherent tunnelling, but they rather inhibit transport at intermediate temperatures, increasing the effective free-energy barrier. We illustrate this ``anti-tunnelling'' effect numerically by computing the non-equilibrium steady-state of a quantum master equation describing the system, and confirm it analytically by adopting the Quantum Smoluchowski limit. |
| title | Quantum tunneling and anti-tunneling across entropic barriers |
| topic | Quantum Physics Quantum Gases Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03948 |