Band Structure Lab Learning Materials

by Saumitra Raj Mehrotra, Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck, Alejandra J. Magana

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[[Image(introduction.jpg, 500px)]]
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By completing the BSC Lab in [[Resource(5065)]], you will be able to:
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a) understand the concept of carriers dispersion in a solid,
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b) understand the concept of effective masses and energy gaps, and
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c) understand the bandstructure in low-dimensional systems.
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The specific objectives of the BSC Lab are:
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[[Image(bandstructure_viewer.jpg, 400px)]]
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== Recommended Reading ==
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If you have not had experience with the concept of bandstructure and ways of calculating the bandstructure, here is a list of resources that will help you have the required knowledge to get the most of these issues resolved:
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1. Walter Harrison, Elementary Electronic Structure, World Scientific.
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2. Peter Y. Yu and Manuel Cardona, Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Material Properties, Springer.
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3. Dragica Vasileska, Stephen M. Goodnick and G. Klimeck: Computational Electronics: Semiclassical and Quantum Device Modeling and Simulation, Appendix A (CRC Press, 2010).
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== Demo ==
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[[Resource(6936)]]
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== Theoretical descriptions ==
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* [[Resource(9003)]]
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* [[Resource(1506)]]
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* [[Resource(4882)]]
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* [[Resource(9454)]]
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* [[Resource(9122)]]
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* [[Resource(8999)]]
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== Tool Verification ==
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[[Resource(9491)]]
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== Worked Examples ==
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[[Resource(9491)]]
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== Exercises and Homework Assignments ==
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1. [[Resource(5201)]]
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2. [[Resource(5033)]]
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3. [[Resource(4873)]]
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4. [[Resource(9233)]]
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5. [[Resource(9372)]]
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== Solutions to Exercises ==
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Solutions to exercises will be provided to Instructors ONLY!
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== Take a Test ==
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This test will assess your conceptual understanding of the physical, mathematical and computational knowledge related to formation of bandstructure in crystals, the concept of energy bands and the energy gaps.
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[[Resource(9493)]]
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== Solve the Challenge ==
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In this final challenge you will integrate all what you have learned about bandstructure calculation in bulk and in low-dimensional systems such as nanowires.
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[[Resource(4880)]]