The Quantum Barrier Potential Part 2: Defining the Transmission and Reflection Coefficients

In the previous tutorial we introduced our second quantum problem, that of the quantum barrier potential. Again, this involves a free particle that encounters a barrier of finite potential. We've already solved the Schrödinger equation for this system, so let's now use those results to determine the transmission and reflection coefficients, so that we can better understand strange phenomena like quantum tunneling!

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