Harmonic oscillator vs. Morse potential#

The quantum harmonic oscillator’s perfectly evenly spaced vibrational levels, compared against the exact (anharmonic) Morse-potential levels for the same force constant – showing how real bonds’ level spacing shrinks toward dissociation.

Harmonic vs. Morse vibrational levels: anharmonicity toward dissociation

Harmonic vs. Morse vibrational levels: anharmonicity toward dissociation