Meanings
nounphoton tunnelling (uncountable)
- uncountablenatural sciencesThe transmission of light through apertures of dimension smaller than the wavelength of the light by quantum tunnelling
- uncountablenatural sciencesThe apparent faster-than-light transmission of photons across a gap
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