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In the E>Uopotential barrier, there should be no reflection when the incident wave is at one of the transmission resonances. Prove this by assuming that a beam of particles is incident at the first transmission resonance, E=Uo+(2h2/2mL2), and combining continuity equations to show thatB=0. (Note: k鈥 is particularly simple in this special case, which should streamline your work.)

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There should be no reflection when the incident wave is at one of the transmission resonances.

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01

Known condition:

Classically, the particle shouldn鈥檛 reflect. It should slow down between the barriers. But quantum mechanically, we apply the Schr枚dinger equation and get the solution to be of the form:eikx. So,

x<0(x)=Aeikx+Be-ikx0<x<L(x)=Ceik'x+De-ik'xx>0(x)=Feikx

Here, 伪 in second equation signifies the real nature.data-custom-editor="chemistry" = Wave Functions, A,B,C,D,F are the arbitrary multiplicative constants.

02

Derivation

Applying boundary conditions for 0<x<L and x<0:

If, L= Width of potential barrier, k=2mE-Voh2and k'=2mEh2

x<00=0<x<L0:Aeik0+Be-ik0=Ceik'0+De-ik,0A+B=C+D

Solve as:

dx<0dx|x=0=d0<x<Ldx|x=0:ikAeik0-ikBe-ik0=ik'Ceik'0-ik'Deik'0kA-B=k'C-D

Now applying boundary conditions for 0<x<L and x>L:

0<x<LL=x>0L:Ce-ik'L+De-ik'L=FeikL

Also.

d0<x<Ldx|x=L=dx>0dx|x=L:ik'Ceik'L-Deik,L=ikFeikL

From the second condition:C=kk'A-B+Dput in first to obtain:

data-custom-editor="chemistry" C=k'A+B+kA-B2k'D=k'A+B-kA-B2k'

Substitute these values in the definition of reflection, the coefficient of reflection is given by:

R=sin2k'Lsin2k'L+4k'2k2k2-k'22

Now, substituting the values in the above equation,k=2mE-Voh2andk'=2mEh2

Hence,R=sin22mE+UoLhsin22mE+UoLh+4EUoEUo+1

Now, R is non-zero in general because the numerator contains sine term.

In order to consider no reflection, the numerator becomes zero and is equated to 苍蟺, the condition is:

2mE-UohL=苍蟺2mE-UohL=OR

(n=1 for first transmission resonance)

E=Uo+2h22mL2

Here, E= Kinetic energy, Uo= Potential energy, h= Modified Plank鈥檚 constant

E=Uo+2h22mL2

This expression is not a quantization condition but it defines the transmission resonance condition such that it occurs only at certain energies no matter what incident energy is.

Hence, there should be no reflection when the incident wave is at one of the transmission resonances

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