Electron Acceleration
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An electron is accelerated through potential difference of 3eV and is incident on a finite potential barrier of height 5eV and thickness 5x 10^-10m. What is the probability that the electron will tunnel though the barrier.
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This solution uses the tunneling probability equation to determine the probability that the electron will tunnel through the barrier. All the steps are shown with brief explanations.
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You should have the formula for the tunneling probability in your textbooks or lecture notes, and you also can find it on web page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunneling
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