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HarryT · 11-23-2006, 02:14 PM

Neither. With quantum tunnelling an electron doesn't travel "between" the transmitter and the receiver - it just "disappears" from the receiver and "appears" at the receiver without actually crossing the distance between them at all. In the world of quantum mechanics, things have a certain probability of being in any location at all - the trick is to "persuade" an electron that it would "like" to be at the receiver rather than the transmitter

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11-23-2006, 02:14 PM	#31
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Neither. With quantum tunnelling an electron doesn't travel "between" the transmitter and the receiver - it just "disappears" from the receiver and "appears" at the receiver without actually crossing the distance between them at all. In the world of quantum mechanics, things have a certain probability of being in any location at all - the trick is to "persuade" an electron that it would "like" to be at the receiver rather than the transmitter .