WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Scattering over a Square Potential Well

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particle energy E
potential well depth
V
0
potential well width a
Wave function for a particle over a square potential barrier. Shown are the absolute square (orange), the real part (green), the imaginary part (dark blue) of the wave function, and the energy (gray) of the incident particle. The height of the potential energy step
V
0
is shown in light orange.