Transfer matrix of a delta potential

ID: transfer-matrix-of-a-delta-potential

For , put and . Relate the coefficients of immediately to the right and left by . Continuity of the wavefunction and integration of the Schrödinger equation across the delta potential give . Solving these two matching equations gives
For scatterers at , the full transfer matrix is : the leftmost scatterer acts first on the coefficient column. With these globally phased plane waves, the propagation phases are already in each . For incidence only from the left, and follow from and .

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