A tunneling current between two rectangular potential wells can be effectively
controlled by applying an external ac field. A variation of the ac frequency by
10%
may lead to the suppression of the tunneling current by two orders of magnitude, which is a
result of quantum interference under the action of the ac field. This effect of destruction of
tunneling can be used as a sensitive control of tunneling current across nanosize
heterostructures.
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