An electron has a 2% probability of tunneling through a rectangular potential barrier. If this same energy electron impinged upon another barrier of the same height but twice the thickness, what would be its probability of tunneling?

A)

4%
B)

2%
C)

1%
D)

0.04%
E)

0.004%


D

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