photon tunnelling

English

Noun

photon tunnelling (uncountable)

  1. (physics) The transmission of light through apertures of dimension smaller than the wavelength of the light by quantum tunnelling
  2. (physics) The apparent faster-than-light transmission of photons across a gap
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