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Questions and Answers of Solid State Physics Essential Concepts

Confirm, using the values of the fundamental constants and converting units, the value of the superconductor flux quantumΦ0, equal to 2.1 × 10−11 T-cm2.
Suppose that instead of the form (3.2.2), we use the form which has no imaginary part, and therefore corresponds to a real wave in the medium. Show that this implies that the scattered wave will
Determine the envelope function A(x, t) of a Gaussian wavepacket with frequency ω and wavenumber k propagating in a one-dimensional medium (e.g., an optical pulse in a fiber optic) when ∂2ω/∂k2
Show explicitly that the rotation matrix (3.4.12) corresponds to the two successive rotations given in the text, that is, that it is the rotation that transforms the [100]-axis into the [111]-axis.
Write down the Christoffel electromagnetic equation for a wave traveling in the direction (x̂ + ŷ)/√2 for a crystal with dielectric tensor (3.5.23). € = €1 0 0 0 €2 0 0 0 €3 (3.5.23)
GaAs has cubic symmetry, leading to the piezoelectric tensor shown in Table 3.4, with e41 = 1.6×10−5 C/cm2.The elastic constants of GaAs are C11= 11.8 × 1011 dyne/cm2, C12 = 5.3 × 1011 dyne/cm2,
Another simple case of acoustic waves is the case of longitudinal waves incident normal to a surface, in which case there is no coupling to transverse waves. Show that in this case the equations
The optical mode vibrational frequency of GaAs is 8 THz. In the linear chain model, knowing the masses of the Ga and As atoms from the periodic table, what does this imply for the force constant of
Prove the statement above, that if the potential energy of the system is quadratic, of the formthen the elastic constant matrix Cijlm must be symmetric with respect to interchanging the first two
Prove that the determinant of the wave equation matrix for a uniaxial crystal is that given in (3.5.27). This can be easily done with a program like Mathematica. (x² − u²0²2 ) ( (²² + x² m²
Assuming that we can model the potential energy of the bond between two hydrogen atoms with the Lennard–Jones potential,what values do you find for A and B, given the experimentally determined
Using the transfer matrix method, determine the reflectivity spectrum, |E(r)|2/|E(i) |2 vs k, for a periodic stack of 20 layers, alternating with d1 = 500 nm, n1 = 3, and d2 = 750 nm, n2 = 2,
(a) GaAs is a piezoelectric material with piezoelectric constant e = 1.6 × 10−5 C/cm2. What pressure is generated on the crystal by a potential drop of 5 V applied across a slab of GaAs with
Use the matrix solver in a program like Mathematica to solve (3.1.20) for a general k(vector) , and plot ω versus k, for k(vector) in two different directions in the plane. Determine the
(a) In the T = 0 approximation, the total number of particles that corresponds to a Fermi energy EF is given byCalulate the area density of the particles needed to have a Fermi energy of EF = 100 meV
Calculate the density of states for the one-dimensional case and show that your result agrees with that given in Table 2.2. Table 2.2 Density of states for particles with isotropic
Calculate the magnetic field needed to have a Landau orbit with radius less than an electron coherence length of 100 nm. What is the energy of the lowest Landau level for this magnetic field?
Calculate the total number of free electrons that can occupy a single Landau level for magnetic field 10 T in a solid cube with dimension 1 cm, if the conducting electrons have effective mass 0.1m0,
In the case of modulation doping, donor electrons can fall down from states in the barrier into a quantum-confined state in the quantum well. The Fermi level in the barrier material is nearly the
In many semiconductors such as GaAs, the conduction band has a conduction band minimum at zone center, and an indirect gap with higher energy at another minimum, at a critical point on the zone
Calculate explicitly the magnetic moment of a two-dimensional system with a half-filled lowest Landau level.
Show that in the case when U(x) = 0 and uk = 1, that is, the states are plane waves ψ = ei(kx−ωt) in a vacuum, and both k and ω are time-dependent, the solution of (2.8.14) for k = 0 at t = 0
What kind of current and voltage sensitivity is required to observe the integer quantum Hall effect? To answer this, suppose that a typical structure is 1 micron in width, and a Hall voltage of 10
Prove that the wave function (2.9.38) is an eigenstate of the total angular momentum operator for N particles. N (2₁,..., ZN) x (2n - Zm)'. n
Quantum dots are rarely exactly symmetric. Suppose that a QD is rectangular with a length of 7.5 nm, width of 8 nm, and height of 6 nm. Compute the lowest five confined state energies of an electron
Calculate the Coulomb potential energy of two electrons separated by 10 nm, in a solid with dielectric constant of 10. How does this energy compare to the typical energy level spacing of 10–100 meV
The unperturbed p-orbitals point along the following vectors:We could imagine forming an orbital that points in the [111] direction by the linear combination Φx + Φy + Φz, and [11̅1̅] as Φx −
Calculate the excitonic Bohr radius expected in the semiconductor ZnO, which has an average dielectric constant of 8.3, conduction-band effective mass of 0.275m0, and effective hole mass of 0.59m0,
A MESFET (metal–semiconductor FET) is made using a Schottky barrier at a metal-doped semiconductor junction instead of an oxide barrier, as in a MOSFET, or p–n junction as in a JFET. For an
Draw a schematic of the bands for a metal–semiconductor junction in which the metal has a Fermi level that lies (a) Below, and (b) Above the energy of the acceptors in a p-type
(a) Calculate the band bending depth d for a p–n junction in the semiconductor GaAs, with doping concentration n = 1016 cm−3 and dielectric constant ϵ = 14ϵ0, using (2.6.6).(b) Suppose that
Determine the value of the chemical potential in the case when both the conduction and valence band are simple isotropic bands, and the hole effective mass is four times the conduction band effective
(a) Compute the root-mean-squared velocity of a Fermi gas at T = 0 as a function of the density.(b) What is the root-mean-squared magnitude of the wave vector k in cm−1 for a T = 0 Fermi gas of
Show that the exact relation between density and average interparticle spacing is given byand not simply r̄ = n−1/3, as is often assumed. To do this, first define Q(r)dr as the probability that
The effective mass of free carriers can be measured using cyclotron resonance. The resonance frequency (also known as the cyclotron frequency) of a charged particle in a magnetic field is, in MKS
If the free electrons in a semiconductor have effective mass mc = 0.1m0, where m0 is the mass of the electron in vacuum, what is their average speed at T = 300K? If the free holes in the same
Prove the formula (1.9.44) for the electron momentum in the case of a band described by the k · p approximations (1.9.36) and (1.9.39). (元): = m FVE, (1.9.44)
In the case of degenerate, isotropic bands in one dimension, Löwdin second-order perturbation theory says that the energies of the bands are given by the eigenvalues of the following matrix:where i
Show that the eigenstates of (1.11.7) are those given in (1.11.8). To do this, you will need to first find the eigenvectors of (1.11.7) in terms of the eight sp3 states, then use (1.11.3) to write
Show that if the original atomic orbitals are orthonormal, then the linear combinations of (1.11.3) are also orthonormal. V/1 = ½ (Þs + Þx + Þy+Þz) [111] V/₂ = 1/2 (0₁ + 0 x - Øy-0₂)
Calculate the energy band arising from a single orbital in a two-dimensional simple hexagonal lattice (see Table 1.1), using the tight-binding approximation, and plot the energy as a function of kx
As a follow-up to Exercise 1.4.6, show that the special point at which the gap energy goes to zero in (1.9.19) for the graphene lattice is one of the corners of the Wigner–Seitz cell for the
Using the arguments of this section, can you give a reasonable explanation why the elements F and Cl are gases, that is, why a molecule of two F or Cl atoms would be very weakly bound? In particular,
(a) Show explicitly that parity rules give the spin–orbit term (1.13.18) for U(r(vector)) antisymmetric in the x- and y-directions and symmetric in the z-directions.(b) What would this term be if
Show that for the Hamiltonian H = −(h̄2/2m)∇2 + U(r(vector)), an equivalent way of writing (1.9.9) iswhere En(0) is the unperturbed atomic orbital energy and U0(r(vector)) is the potential
The Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (SSH) linear chain model also has two orbitals per unit cell, but envisions these as two different atoms with only one relevant atomic orbital on each. Each atom couples
Suppose that two identical, neighboring atoms have substantial overlap of one s-orbital and one p-orbital (we can assume, for example, that the p-orbitals in the x-direction overlap, and that the
Suppose that a band energy is given byDetermine the spectral line shape N(Ekin) for angle-resolved photoemission from this band, following the approach for the parabolic band discussed in this
Show that the Wannier functions centered at different lattice sites are orthogonal, that is, [ ď³ r ¢G – Rm)øn G — Rm³ ) = 8nx'8mm² - - (1.9.11)
Prove explicitly using parity that HSO has the form given in (1.13.7), for three degenerate p-orbitals and a central potential U(r). Hso = Uo 0 ἱστ -
Prove that in the wurtzite structure, each atom is equidistant from its four nearest neighbors.
Use a program like Mathematica to create diagrams analogous to Figures 1.13 and 1.14 showing the location of the atoms for the last four crystal structures from Table 1.1. (In Mathematica, it is
Use Mathematica to solve the system of equations (1.1.1) and (1.1.4)– (1.1.6) for two coupled wells, for the case 2mU0/h̄2 = 20, a = 1, and b = 0.1. The calculation can be greatly simplified by
(a) Show that in the case of two identical atoms, the eigenstates of the LCAO model are the symmetric and antisymmetric linear combinationswhere the plus sign corresponds to the bonding state and the
Verify the algebra leading to (1.2.5) and (1.2.6). Mathematica can be very helpful in simplifying the algebra. (K² - K²) 2K K - sinh(kb) sin(Ka) + cosh(kb)cos(Ka) = cos(k(a +b)). (1.2.5)
Suppose we have a ring with six identical atoms. This is a periodic sytem in one dimension, so the Bloch theorem applies. According to the LCAO approximation, discussed in Section 1.1.2, we write the
Determine the cell function unk(x) for the lowest band of the Kronig–Penney model in the limit b → 0, with a = 1, 2mU0b/h̄2 = 100, and h̄2/2m = 1, for k = π/2a. What is the solution of the
For the cubic crystal, there is a plane that contains all of the symmetry directions [100], [011], and [111]. Find the Miller indices of this plane. Sketch this plane in the cube and show the above
Show that if a band has a minimum but is not isotropic, that is,that the density of states near k(vector) = 0 is still proportional to √(E − E0). In this case, the Taylor expansion isThis
Construct the Brillouin zone for a three-dimensional simple cubic lattice, and use the theorems from this section to find the vector coordinates of the critical points in k-space.
Find the zero-point energy, that is, E = h̄2K2/2m, at k = 0, using (1.2.6) in the limit b → 0 and U0 → ∞ and U0b finite but small. To do this, use the approximations for sinKa ≃ Ka and cos
Determine the relative radius of the smallest five rings in a mono-chromatic powder diffraction measurement of a cubic crystal like that shown in Figure 1.18(b). Assume that the image plane is
Show that the density of states in an isotropic two-dimensional system near a band minimum or maximum does not depend on the energy of the electrons. The volume per state in k-space is A/(2π)2,
Prove that you get the same reciprocal lattice peaks from a bcc crystal, whether you view it as a single Bravais lattice or as a simple cubic Bravais lattice with a two-site basis and the
Find the first gap energy at ka = π using (1.2.6) in the limit b → 0 and U0b is small. You should write approximations for sinKa and cos Ka near Ka = π, that is, Ka ≃ π + (ΔK)a, where ±K is
Plot the density of states for the lowest three bands of the one-dimensional Kronig–Penney model discussed in Section 1.2, for h̄2/2m = 1, a = 1, b = 0, and U0b = 1. You will need to solve for
(a) Show that the volume of a Bravais lattice primitive cell is(b) Prove that the reciprocal lattice primitive vectors satisfy the relationWith part (a) this proves that the volume of the reciprocal
Use Mathematica to plot Re k as a function of E = h̄2K2/2m using Equation 1.2.6. Assume that you have a set of units such that h̄2/2m = 1, set a = 1, and choose various values of U0b from 0.1 to 3.
Show that the reciprocal lattice of a simple hexagonal lattice (see Table 1.1) is also a simple hexagonal, with lattice constants 2π/c and 4π/√3a, rotated through 30° about the c-axis with
(a) A graphene lattice, or “honeycomb” lattice, is the same as the graphite lattice (see Table 1.1) but consists of only a two-dimensional sheet with lattice vectorsand a two-atom basis including

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