The quenching field effect on the motion of an electron in an electromagnetic field potential

Abstract

In this paper, the Feynman path integral approach based on the Gaussian wave packet approximation is employed to evaluate the coherence factor and the probability distribution for a single electron subjected to a magnetic field tailored by a variable on/off force. The quenching field effect is observed to create decoherence in the motion of the electron. The coherence factor is observed to decrease while the distribution probability function shows dephasing characteristics for weak and strong field strengths.