Transmission resonances for a Dirac particle in a one-dimensional Hulth\'en potential

Abstract

We have solved exactly the two-component Dirac equation in the presence of a spatially one-dimensional Hulth\'en potential, and presented the Dirac spinors of scattering states in terms of hypergeometric functions. We have calculated the reflection and transmission coefficients by the matching conditions on the wavefunctions, and investigated the condition for the existence of transmission resonances. Furthermore, we have demonstrated how the transmission-resonance condition depends on the shape of the potential.