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REFLECTION TIME AND THE GOOS-HÄNCHEN EFFECT FOR REFLECTION BY A SEMI-INFINITE RECTANGULAR BARRIER

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The reflection time, during which a particle is in the classically forbidden region, is described by the trajectory representation for reflection by a semi-infinite rectangular barrier. The Schrödinger wave function has microstates for such reflection. The reflection time is a function of the microstate. For oblique reflection, the Goos-Hänchen displacement is also a function of the microstate. For a square well duct, we develop a proposed test where consistent overdetermination of the trajectory by a redundant set of observed constants of the motion would be beyond the Copenhagen interpretation.

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Floyd, E.R. REFLECTION TIME AND THE GOOS-HÄNCHEN EFFECT FOR REFLECTION BY A SEMI-INFINITE RECTANGULAR BARRIER. Found Phys Lett 13, 235–251 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007848020324

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