A free electron moving in the positive x-direction encountering a potential energy barrier in the region...
1. Consider an electron initially moving in the positive x-direction along the negative x-axis with an energy E. At the origin the potential energy U (x) changes abruptly, from U(x) = 0 for x < 0, to U(x) = 1.00 eV for x > 0. If E=1.02 eV, just higher than the barrier by 2%, what is the barrier penetration length? What is the reflectance? What is the transmittance? 2. Consider an electron initially moving in the positive x-direction along...
Consider a particle encountering a barrier with potential U = U.>0 between x = -a and x = a with incoming energy E > U. a) Write the symbolic wave functions before and after passing through the barrier (i.e., for x<-a and x>a; regions I and III). U1 b) Write down the Schrodinger equation for the wave function in the middle (region II) where the potential is non-zero i.e., where -a<x<a; region II). c) What solution would you try for...
0 Figure 2: The potential barrier setup for Problem 4 4. (10 points) "Burrowing a hole in the wall" Some particles of mass m and energy E move from the left to the potential barrier shown in Figure 2 below 0 <0 Uo 20 U(x) where Uo is some positive value (a) (5 points) Write the Time-Independent Schrödinger equations and the physically acceptable general solutions for the wave function (x) in regions I and II as labeled in Figure 2...
(III) Quantum Tunneling Consider an electron in 1D in presence of a potential barrier of width L represented by a step function ſo I<0 or 1>L V U. r>0 and 2<L The total wavefunction is subject to the time-independent Schrödinger equation = EV (2) 2m ar2 +V where E is the energy of the quantum particle in question and m is the mass of the quantum particle. A The total wavefunction of a free particle that enters the barrier from...