Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

An Analytical Solution of the Schrodinger Equation for a Rectangular Barrier with Time-Dependent Position

Tae Jun Park

Published Feb 20, 2002• 3 citations

Abstract

Tae Jun ParkDepartment of Chemistry, Dongguk University, Seoul 100-715, KoreaReceived November 12, 2001Keywords : Kramers-Henneberger transformation, Time-dependent, Rectangular barrier.An analytical solution for the Schrodinger equation withtime-dependent potential has been investigated extensivelyover past decades. In addition to its own mathematicalinterest, this problem has wide applications in many areas ofphysics, such as laser-induced dynamics, the motion of Paultrap ions,

DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2002.23.2.357

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