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Which outcome results when an electron's wave function overlaps multiple quantum wells in a semiconductor heterostructure?

A)Quantum tunneling becomes more probable
B)Energy levels become sharply defined
C)Electron-phonon scattering decreases
D)Charge carrier mobility is minimized

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Quantum tunneling probability increases because greater wavefunction overlap means electrons encounter thinner potential barriers; therefore, tunneling is favored, rather than confinement, because broad overlap does not generate sharply defined energy levels within a single well.

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