The quantum harmonic-parabola system, whose potential energy is the negative harmonic potential, is analyzed and applied to the cases of a quantum well, barrier, and periodic lattices. The eigenstate of the quantum Hamiltonian of the harmonic-parabola system is obtained. It is shown that any function may be expanded in terms of the eigenfunctions of the system in a finite interval, and the
... [Show full abstract] propagator of the system can be obtained from the eigenfunctions. The energy eigenvalues, uncertainty, and probability density for the first few states are treated for the infinite harmonic-parabola well. The energy eigenvalues and their enumeration, the energy band, and the probability density for the first few states are obtained for a well composed of the parabola and constant potentials. The transmission coefficients and each potential interval dependence are determined for this well and the barrier of the parabola-constant potential structure. Periodic lattices composed of the parabola potential and parabola-constant potentials are constructed, and their dispersion relations, energy states, and bands are obtained.