WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Bound States in a Square Potential Well

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potential well depth
V
0
well width a
The real eigenfunctions corresponding to all possible bound states are plotted for given values of the potential well depth
V
0
<0
and the width
a>0
. The wave functions are shifted vertically according to their corresponding energies. All visualized quantities are made dimensionless, while adopting
m=ℏ=1
unit convention.