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Lecture 8
Band Theory: Kronig-Penny Model
and Effective Mass
Lecture Notes Prepared by:
Dr. Amr Bayoumi, Dr. Nadia Rafat
Pages
Kasap:
P.355 (Kronig Penny)
P.303-304, p. 454-455 (Effective Mass)
Lecture
Lecture
8: Band
8: Band
Theory:
Theory:
Kronig-Penny
KronigModel
Penny
andModel
Effective
andMass
Effective Mass
From Principles of
Electronic Materials
and Devices, Third
Edition, S.O. Kasap (
McGraw-Hill, 2005)
e2
U (r)
4 0 r
1
PE(r)
PE of the electron around
an isolated atom
V(x)
a
From Principles of
Electronic Materials
and Devices, Third
Edition, S.O. Kasap (
McGraw-Hill, 2005)
x=0
Surface
2a
3a
Crystal
x=L
Surface
The electron PE, V(x), inside the crsytal is periodic with the same
periodicity as that of the crystal, a. Far away outside the crsytal, by
choice, V = 0 (the electron is free and PE = 0).
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Blochs Waves
If a periodic potential with period can be defined as:
+ =
Then the wavefunction is periodic, and can be defined in terms
of base function:
+ = ()
() = ()
can be replace by
Kronig-Penney Model
Approximate crystal periodic Coulomb potential by
rectangular periodic potential
From Principles of
Electronic Materials
and Devices, Third
Edition, S.O. Kasap (
McGraw-Hill, 2005)
II
= (+)
I II
From Principles of
Electronic Materials
and Devices, Third
Edition, S.O. Kasap (
McGraw-Hill, 2005)
(+)
=
10
Kronig-Penney Model
Fig 4.52
From Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, Third Edition, S.O. Kasap ( McGraw-Hill, 2005)
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E
Band
Second
Brillouin Zone
Energy gap
Band
First
Brillouin Zone
Band
Second Brillouin
Zone
k1[10]
E
Energy gap
From Principles of
Electronic Materials
and Devices, Third
Edition, S.O. Kasap (
McGraw-Hill, 2005)
Band
a a
First
Brillouin Zone
k3[11]
The E-k behavior for the electron along different directions in the two
dimensional crystal. The energy gap along [10] is at /a whereas it is
at /a along [11].
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Dr. Amr Bayoumi, Dr. Nadia Rafat
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Energy gap
2nd BZ
band
2nd BZ
&
1st BZ
overlapped
band
Energy gap
1st BZ
band
[10]
[11]
2nd BZ
band
Energy gap = Eg
Energy gap
1st BZ
band
Bands overlap
energy gaps
(a) Metal
[10]
[11]
Overlapped
energy gaps
(a) Metal: For the electron in a metal there is no apparent energy gap
because the 2nd BZ (Brillouin Zone) along [10] overlaps the 1st BZ along
[11]. Bands overlap the energy gaps. Thus the electron can always find any
energy by changing its direction.
(b) Semiconductor or insulator: For the electron in a semiconductor there is
an energy gap arising from the overlap of the energy gaps along [10] and From Principles of
Electronic Materials
[11] directions. The electron can never have an energy within this energy and Devices, Third
Edition, S.O. Kasap (
gap, Eg.
McGraw-Hill, 2005)
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CB
Empty k
e-
e-
Ec
Ec
h
Eg
h+
VB
From Principles of
Electronic Materials
and Devices, Third
Edition, S.O. Kasap (
McGraw-Hill, 2005)
Ev
Ev
Occupied k
h+
VB
-/a
/a
The E-k diagram of a direct bandgap semiconductor such as GaAs. The E-k
curve consists of many discrete points each point corresponding to a possible
state, wavefunction y k(x), that is allowed to exist in the crystal. The points
are so close that we normally draw the E-k relationship as a continuous curve.
In the energy range Ev to Ec there are no points (yk(x) solutions).
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Dr. Amr Bayoumi, Dr. Nadia Rafat
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CB
Lattice
scattering
k1-
k-
k+
-k
From Principles of
Electronic Materials
and Devices, Third
Edition, S.O. Kasap (
McGraw-Hill, 2005)
CB
Lattice
scattering
-x
kav = 0
-k
-x
(a)
k3+
k1+k2+
k
kav > 0
(b)
(a) In the absence of a field, over a long time, average of all k values is
zero, there is no net momentum in any one particular direction. (b) In
the presence of a field E in the -x direction, the electron accelerates in
the +x direction increasing its k value along x until it is scattered to a
random k value. Over a long time, average of all k values is along the
+x direction. Thus the electron drifts along +x.
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E
Ev
b'
(a)
VB
-k
b'
(b)
From Principles of
Electronic Materials and
Devices, Third Edition,
S.O. Kasap ( McGrawHill, 2005)
VB
-k
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Effective Mass
In vacuum
In semiconductor
q
q
F = q = moa
where
mo is the electron mass
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Fext = (-q)E
Fext + Fint= moa
Fext = mn*a
where
mn* is the electron effective mass
Effective Mass
Group Velocity defined as the velocity of the wavefunction of the
electrons (analogous to speed of sinusoidal wave ):
=
=
1
= / =
= ,
= =
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=
=
18
1
1
1
=
=
=
=
1 2
1 2
1 2
=
= 2 2
= 2 2
2
Using =
1 2
= 2 2
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= 2
2
2
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