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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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... band minima in germa- nium . There are eight symmetry - related half ... valence bands , both with maxima at k = 0 , which are spherically sym ... band minimum along [ 111 ] at the zone boundary that gives rise to the four ellipsoidal ...
... band minima in germa- nium . There are eight symmetry - related half ... valence bands , both with maxima at k = 0 , which are spherically sym ... band minimum along [ 111 ] at the zone boundary that gives rise to the four ellipsoidal ...
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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 |
The Sommerfeld Theory of Metals | 29 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
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