Quantum reflection at a downward step

ID: quantum-reflection-at-a-downward-step

For , tends to zero as while stays finite. Matching gives probability amplitudes and , so quantum reflection probability and transmission probability . The final region is classically allowed; reflection results from the abrupt spatial change in the wavefunction's wavenumber. These are limits of positive-energy incoming states, not a flux ratio evaluated at exactly zero incident current.

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