Periodic Potential Lab Worked Examples

11 Apr 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): SungGeun Kim, Abhijeet Paul, Gerhard Klimeck, Lynn Zentner, Benjamin P Haley

Worked Examples for Periodic Potential Lab

Band Structure Lab: First-Time User Guide

15 Jun 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Abhijeet Paul, Benjamin P Haley, Gerhard Klimeck

This document provides useful information about Band Structure Lab. First-time users will find basic ideas about the physics behind the tool such as band formation, the Hamiltonian description, and other aspects. Additionally, we provide explanations of the input settings and the results of the …

Periodic Potential Lab: First-Time User Guide

07 Jun 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Abhijeet Paul, Benjamin P Haley, Gerhard Klimeck, SungGeun Kim, Lynn Zentner

This document provides guidance to first-time users of the Periodic Potential Lab tool. It offers basic information about solutions to the Schröedinger Equation in case of periodic potential in 1 dimension (1D). This document also contains suggested exercises to help users run the tool and …

Crystal Viewer Tool: First-Time User Guide

01 Jun 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Abhijeet Paul, Benjamin P Haley, Gerhard Klimeck

This first-time user guide is an introduction to the Crystal Viewer Tool lab. It provides basic definitions, including a definition of crystals. Any suggestions for changes and corrections are welcomed.

Carrier Statistics Lab: First-Time User Guide

09 Mar 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Abhijeet Paul, Gerhard Klimeck, Benjamin P Haley, Saumitra Raj Mehrotra

This first-time user guide is an introduction to the Carrier Statistics Lab . It provides basic definitions, guidance on how to run the tool, and suggested exercises to help users get accustomed to the idea of distribution functions as well as how these functions are used in determining the …

Homework Exercise on Bravais Lattices, Crystal Structures, Miller Indices

30 Mar 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Abhijeet Paul, Gerhard Klimeck

The tutorial questions based on Crystal Viewer Lab v1.0 available online at Crystal Viewer Lab. Students are asked to explore different Bravais lattices, crystal structures, and Miller indices. Reference / course book: Semiconductor Device Fundamentals by Robert E. PierretNCN@Purdue

Homework Exercise on Fermi-Dirac and Maxwell-Boltzmann Distributions

24 Jan 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Abhijeet Paul, Saumitra Raj Mehrotra, Gerhard Klimeck

The tutorial questions based on Carrier Statistics Lab v1.0 available online at Carrier Statistics Lab. Students are asked to explore the differences between Fermi-Dirac and Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions, compute electron and hole concentrations, study temperature dependences, and study …