This video shows how to use boundary conditions along with the time-independent Schrodinger equation
to obtain the wave-function parameters for the bound states of a finite square well. Normalizing and actually matching the wave-functions at the boundaries, takes more work.
At 2:00 I say " the states will divide up into even and odd states",
but really I should have said "the energy eigenstates will divide up into even and odd states".
Added notes, 4-17: So basically the procedure you can use is:
1) obtain k as outlined in the video
2) use k to obtain b
3) use k to obtain B/A
4) use the normalization condition to obtain specific numerical values of A and B. That condition is that the integral from -infinity to infinity must be 1, so that the sum of three integrals for the three different regions. That sum must add up to one.
Added note, 4-17, 3:45 PM
The way one gets k in the video is totally fine, but there are lots of ways. All starting from the same place. For example, you can use: \(k^2+b^2=2mU/\hbar^2\), from the Schrodinger equation, and \(ktan(k)=b\) from the boundary conditions at x = 1nm. Feed those to Wolfram alpha and it will give you values of k and b which "belong to" particular energy eigenstates. This way is kind of appealing since you have a nice circle as part of your graph, with a radius proportional to U, and the values of b and k come together in pairs.
(In general it is: \(ktan(kL/2)=b\). For our particular case, L/2=1 nm.)
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ReplyDeleteAt 26:00 in the video you incorrectly put the value for \(mc^2\). It should be \(0.511x10^6eV\) but you forgot the \(10^6\).
ReplyDeleteIt does come out to 26.25 when you include the \(10^6\)
DeleteAlso at 9:20, should that be a positive b on the right hand side?
ReplyDeleteyour right. Yes. I agree
DeleteI thought b should be positive as well.
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