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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / ib / Paper 2 / 15D / b / ii / Solution

For a plane wave

A e^{i (k x - Et /ℏ)}

, the probability current is

J = \frac{ℏ k}{m} ∣ A ∣^{2} .

The incident amplitude is one and the transmitted amplitude is

T

, so

\frac{J _{tr}}{J _{in}} = ∣ T ∣^{2} = sech^{2} (2 ka) .

This is the transmission probability for quantum tunnelling. In the stationary state,

\partial ρ / \partial t = 0

, so the continuity equation makes the net current independent of position. The reflected current therefore supplies the remainder:

\frac{∣ J _{refl} ∣}{J _{in}} = 1 - sech^{2} (2 ka) = tanh^{2} (2 ka) .

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

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