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Problem40 47

This document summarizes transmission probability formulas for tunneling through a potential barrier. It shows that in the limit of a wide barrier (κL >> 1), the transmission takes an exponential form decreasing with barrier width. It also considers the limit of a particle energy approaching the barrier height (E → U0), where transmission depends quadratically on barrier width or particle wavenumber.

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Problem40 47

This document summarizes transmission probability formulas for tunneling through a potential barrier. It shows that in the limit of a wide barrier (κL >> 1), the transmission takes an exponential form decreasing with barrier width. It also considers the limit of a particle energy approaching the barrier height (E → U0), where transmission depends quadratically on barrier width or particle wavenumber.

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 (U 0 sin hκ L) 2 
40.47: a)  T  1  
 4 E (U 0  E ) 
1 1
1 κL  U 02 e 2 κL   U 02 e 2 κL 
If κL  1, then sinh κL  e  T  1     
2  16E (U 0  E )  16E (U 0  E ) 
E  E 
T  Ge  2 κL where G  16 1  .
U0  U0 
b)  κL  1 implies either κ is large or L is large (or both are large). If L
is large, the barrier is wide. If  is large, U 0  E is big, which implies E is small
compared to U 0 .
c)  As E  U 0 , κ  0  sinh κL  κL
1 1
 U 02 κ 2 L2  1  2U 02 L2 m 
 T  1    
 4 E (U 0  E ) 
2
 4 E 
2m(U 0  E )
since κ 
2
.
2
1 1
U2   2mE  L  2    kL  2 
But U 0  E  0  E  T  1   2     1     since
E     2     2  
2mE
k2  .
2

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