The tunnelling of a bound electron out of an atom in a laser field is a well-known quantum-mechanical process. But it happens very quickly, and it takes some fast work with X-rays and lasers to see it in action.
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Marangos, J. Tunnel vision. Nature 446, 619–621 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446619a
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