An electron with energy eV meets a potential step of height eV

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Quantum Mechanics: From the Photon to the Hydrogen Atom, Ch Free particles, wave packets and tunnelling

Problem

An electron with energy

E = 3.0

eV meets a potential step of height

V_0 = 1.2

eV. Find the reflection and transmission coefficients

\mathcal R

and

\mathcal T

, and check that they add to one.