Quantum tunneling probability density

[swain1]

Homework Statement

When an electron has tunnelled through a potential barrier it's wavefunction is described by a plane wave traveling in the positive x direction. In this region the probability density is constant. I am trying to explain why it is constant but can't find any info in books or on the internet.

Homework Equations

f(x)=Fexp(ikx)

The Attempt at a Solution

Have had some ideas which haven't worked out to be right. I now it is something to do with the wavefunction being a plane wave but can't work out why it is constant.

 

[George Jones]

How is probability density expressed in terms of a wavefunction?

 

[Dick]

It's a positive energy solution to the Schrödinger equation with no potential. So as you say it's proportional to exp(ikx). To get probability density you take that times it's complex conjugate. What do you get?