Quantum Tunneling

[EugeneKhutoryansky]

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[FraserMacDonald]

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[mrnarason]

Musical pieces are Chopin's prelude in e minor and bach's prelude in c major, from the well tempered clavier book i.

[MatthewGraham]

You are the only one giving mathematical and conceptual understanding to physics concepts accessible to the laymen. You sir are invaluable.

[EugeneKhutoryansky]

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[VlanimationTales]

Very nice! The animated wave functions helped me visualize what was going on, which made this video refreshing to watch. 😊

[parjohansson]

A wonderful visualization of one of the key concepts of quantum mechanics!

[stephenkamenar]

In video games, if the barrier is too thin, objects can move through it without colliding if they're small&fast enough, because movement IS discrete teleportation in video games.

[moshyroth]

Amazing visualizations and simplifications of the most difficult concepts, helped me gain great intuition in many of these subjects. Thanks:)

[afischer]

Chopin, Bach, and quantum mechanics. A wonder to inspire the mind. Thank you for posting this video and its interesting graphical representation of the wave function.

[DrBatu]

incredibly good video. These series are changing my perspective on quantum physics, and teaching me more than I ever learned in any physics lecture.

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[shosakurai]

It's necessary to point out that wavefunction isn't a observable.

[BenjaminForman]

Very informative! I also love the fact, you showed the particles in a 3D waveform!

[thHorseMan]

As an electrical engineering student studying Zener Diodes, I can really appreciate this explanation. The way it is presented to the students is as if the electron is a ball. However, last time I checked, an electron is a probabilistic wave function. This was easy to understand and quick enough for me to get back to my studies without being distracted.

Thanks!

[williamdwyer]

Very well explained. Even I was able to understand it!

[lex]

GREAT video!
disturbing and distracting music but still very very awesome.
the way the narrator explains is also very clear and free of ambiguity.

[surearrow]

That barrier represents my wife's eardrums. Sometimes particles get through, sometimes they don't. It depends on how dense she is at the time.

[lordecircojeca]

Quantum tunneling does in fact have an analogy in electromagnetism. If you position two optical fibers very close to each other, the light may tunnel from one fiber to the other without actually trespassing the barrier (total internal reflection) between them. This is due to the evanescent wave that travels just outside of the fiber's core and stimulates the generation of light in the core of the other fiber.

[sciencechris]

This is an excellent explanation, it actually really helped me further understand it. I've watched a lot of videos about quantum tunneling, but they just explain what it is, not how and why it works.