Wednesday, December 14, 2011

QUANTUM TUNNELING

To understand Quantum Tunneling we must bridge the intuitive gap between TV fantasies and existing Quantum Tunnel devices. In TV fantasies, actors flit about among universes with the aid of spectacular video special effects. With tunnel diodes you must take on faith that the meter readings are explained by quantum tunneling of invisible electrons across a microscopic barrier. In this Homegrown Quantum Tunnel experiment, the Quantum Barrier is big enough to see (more than a inch wide), and made of household materials.
For more on this: http://www.altair.org/Qtunnel.html

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