Modern 2:Square Well Potentials

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This applet explores energy levels, bound states, boundary conditions and lots more.  Run it until you understand it.
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[http://webphysics.davidson.edu/faculty/dmb/SingleWells/Well2.html square well java applet]
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* Here is the math behind the easiest case.  An infinite square well.  I  will do this in detail in class. [http://panda.unm.edu/Courses/Fields/phys491/notes/TISEInfiniteSquare.pdf the infinite square well (pdf file)].
  
Here is the math behind the easiest case. An infinite square well.
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Also, at this point it is useful to compare the QM results with what you would get with the closest classical analogy, a string with clamped ends.
[http://panda.unm.edu/Courses/Fields/phys491/notes/TISEInfiniteSquare.pdf the finite square well (pdf file)]
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Here is the math behind the finite square well. I wil cover this
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* [http://mesoscopic.mines.edu/~jscales/320/squarewellstates.nb A simple mathematica notebook showing the eigenstates and their time dependence]
in class.
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[http://electron6.phys.utk.edu/qm1/modules/m2/square_well.htm finite square well math]
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* This applet explores energy levels, bound states, boundary conditions and lots more.  Run it until you understand it. [http://webphysics.davidson.edu/faculty/dmb/SingleWells/Well2.html square well java applet]
  
here is an animation of a gaussian wavepacket in an infinite square well
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* Here is the math behind the finite square well.  I wil cover most of this in class.  [http://electron6.phys.utk.edu/qm1/modules/m2/square_well.htm finite square well math]
  
[http://www.optics.rochester.edu/~stroud/animations/swgaussian.html wavepacket animation]
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* Here is an animation of a gaussian wavepacket in an infinite square well [http://www.optics.rochester.edu/~stroud/animations/swgaussian.html wavepacket animation]

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Also, at this point it is useful to compare the QM results with what you would get with the closest classical analogy, a string with clamped ends.

  • This applet explores energy levels, bound states, boundary conditions and lots more. Run it until you understand it. square well java applet
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