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Phys. Rev. E 76, 047601 (2007) [3 pages]

Tunneling in frustrated total internal reflection: A comparison of different approaches

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Anedio Ranfagni1, Paolo Moretti2, Ilaria Cacciari1, and Maria Angela Vitali3
1Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara” del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
2Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sezione di Firenze, via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
3Scuola di Specializzazione in Ottica dell’ Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Received 5 July 2007; published 31 October 2007

Tunneling processes in frustrated total internal reflection are reexamined in order to compare the results already obtained from adopting a procedure based on a transition-element analysis with those recently reported on the basis of a statistical method applied to a Brownian-like motion. A close agreement between the two approaches can be established, at optical and microwave scales, when suitable values of the involved parameters are adopted.

© 2007 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.047601
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.76.047601
PACS:
41.20.−q, 02.50.−r
 
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