Week 05-06

Learning outcomes:
Bloch functions, Concept of hole, reduced, periodic & extended zone schemes, the motion of electrons in a periodic potential, crystal momentum, effective mass, physical interpretation of the effective mass, Kronig-Penney model, Calculation of bandstructure

Lesson Plan:

Lecture 1: Bloch functions,

Lecture 2: Concept of hole, reduced, periodic & extended zone schemes

Lecture 3: The motion of electrons in a periodic potential

Lecture 4: Crystal momentum, effective mass, physical interpretation of the effective mass,

Lecture 5: Kronig-Penney model

Lecture 6: Calculation of bandstructure and Exercises

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section-09-energy-bands.pdf (0.34 MB )

section-11-methods-for-calculating-band-structure.pdf (0.19 MB )