3.II.16A
Part IB, 2008
What is the probability current for a particle of mass , wavefunction , moving in one dimension?
A particle of energy is incident from on a barrier given by
where . What are the conditions satisfied by at and ? Write down the form taken by the wavefunction in the regions and distinguishing between the cases and . For both cases, use your expressions for to calculate the probability currents in these two regions.
Define the reflection and transmission coefficients, and . Using current conservation, show that the expressions you have derived satisfy . Show that if .