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... band structure is limited more by the problem of finding the potential than by the difficulties in solving the Schrödinger equation ( 11.1 ) for a given U. This is strikingly illustrated in Figure 11.1 ... Valence - Band Wave Functions 193.
... band structure is limited more by the problem of finding the potential than by the difficulties in solving the Schrödinger equation ( 11.1 ) for a given U. This is strikingly illustrated in Figure 11.1 ... Valence - Band Wave Functions 193.
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... valence band ( Figure 28.12 ) . The hole is bound when the level is empty . The binding energy of the hole is just the energy & , & , necessary to excite an electron from the top of the valence band into the acceptor level , thereby ...
... valence band ( Figure 28.12 ) . The hole is bound when the level is empty . The binding energy of the hole is just the energy & , & , necessary to excite an electron from the top of the valence band into the acceptor level , thereby ...
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... band structures . Thus the exciton is probably better regarded as one of the more complex mani- festations of ... valence band ) and placing it into the lowest - lying level of the lowest unoccupied band ( conduction band ) .14 Such a ...
... band structures . Thus the exciton is probably better regarded as one of the more complex mani- festations of ... valence band ) and placing it into the lowest - lying level of the lowest unoccupied band ( conduction band ) .14 Such a ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
Crystal Lattices | 63 |
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