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Finite square barrier transmission at half barrier height
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For a square
potential barrier
of width
2
a
and height
U
0
=
2
E
, put
k
=
ℏ
2
m
E
.
(12)
The oscillatory wavenumber outside and decay constant inside are both
k
. Matching the
wavefunction
and its
derivative
at both faces gives transmission amplitude
t
=
c
o
s
h
(
2
ka
)
e
−
2
ika
(13)
and transmission probability
sech
2
(
2
ka
)
.
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