Modern 2:Square Well Potentials

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

square well java applet

Here is the math behind the easiest case. An infinite square well. the finite square well (pdf file)

Here is the math behind the finite square well. I wil cover this in class. finite square well math

here is an animation of a gaussian wavepacket in an infinite square well

wavepacket animation