wo copper nanowires are insulated by a copper oxide nano-layer that provides a 10.0-eV potential barrier.   Estimate the tunneling probability between the nanowires by 7.00-eV electrons through a 5.00-nm thick oxide layer. What if the thickness of the layer were reduced to just 1.00 nm?

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Two copper nanowires are insulated by a copper oxide nano-layer that provides a 10.0-eV potential barrier.

 

  1. Estimate the tunneling probability between the nanowires by 7.00-eV electrons through a 5.00-nm thick oxide layer.
  2. What if the thickness of the layer were reduced to just 1.00 nm?

 

(Hint: the rest mass of the electron (m) = 511 keV/c2, ℏ = 0.1973 keVnm/c)

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