Introduction to Solid State PhysicsNew edition of the most widely-used textbook on solid state physics in the world. Describes how the excitations and imperfections of actual solids can be understood with simple models that have firmly established scope and power. The foundation of this book is based on experiment, application and theory. Several significant advances in the field have been added including high temperature superconductors, quasicrystals, nanostructures, superlattices, Bloch/Wannier levels, Zener tunneling, light-emitting diodes and new magnetic materials. |
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Page 109
... wavevector of the incident photon , and k ' is the wavevector of the scattered photon . In the reflection process the crystal as a whole will recoil with momentum -ħG , but this uni- form mode momentum is rarely considered explicitly ...
... wavevector of the incident photon , and k ' is the wavevector of the scattered photon . In the reflection process the crystal as a whole will recoil with momentum -ħG , but this uni- form mode momentum is rarely considered explicitly ...
Page 206
... wavevector is zero . If an electron is missing from an orbital of wavevector ke , the total wavevector of the system is -k , and is attributed to the hole . This result is surprising : the electron is missing from k , and the position ...
... wavevector is zero . If an electron is missing from an orbital of wavevector ke , the total wavevector of the system is -k , and is attributed to the hole . This result is surprising : the electron is missing from k , and the position ...
Page 207
... wavevector takes an electron from E in the filled valence band to Q in the conduction band . If k , was the wavevector of the electron at E , it becomes the wavevector of the electron at Q. The total wavevector of the valence band after ...
... wavevector takes an electron from E in the filled valence band to Q in the conduction band . If k , was the wavevector of the electron at E , it becomes the wavevector of the electron at Q. The total wavevector of the valence band after ...
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PERIODIC ARRAYS OF ATOMS | 3 |
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INDEX SYSTEM FOR CRYSTAL PLANES | 12 |
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