2009/10/08 by Travis Norsen, Norsen, Travis
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Random lasers and scattering media #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0910.1513
2 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2009/10/08 · openalex publication_date 2009/10/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose a simple, intuitive alternative method of deriving the rule for connecting asymptotic wave function amplitudes to scattering probabilities. This is illustrated using the standard example of a 1-D particle reflecting or transmitting from a potential step.