1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics

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3.3 Solutions 191


Dividing (10) by (9) gives
ik(A−B)
A+B

=−α (11)

Diagrams forψat aroundx= 0

3.42k 1 =


(

2 mE
^2

) 1 / 2

;k 2 =

(

2 m(E−V 0 )
^2

) 1 / 2

(1)

Boundary condition atx=0:
ψ 1 (0)=ψ 2 (0)
dψ 1
dx





x= 0

=

dψ 2 (x)
dx





x= 0

(2)

These lead to
A 0 +A=B (3)
ik 1 (A 0 −A)=ik 2 B
Or
k 1 (A 0 −A)=k 2 B (4)
Solving (3) and (4)

A=

[

k 1 −k 2
k 1 +k 2

]

A 0 (5)

B=

2 k 1 A 0
k 1 +k 2

(6)

Reflection coefficient,

R=

|A|^2

|A 0 |^2

=

(k 1 −k 2 )^2
(k 1 +k 2 )^2

(7)

Transmission coefficient,

T=

(

k 2
k 1

)

|B|^2

|A|^2

=

4 k 1 k 2
(k 1 +k 2 )^2

(8)

Substituting the expressions fork 1 andk 2 from (1) and puttingE= 4 V 0 / 3
we find thatR= 1 /9 andT= 8 /9.
From (7) and (8) it is easily verified that
R+T=1(9)

Fig. 3.16Graphs for
probability density

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