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1) From Wikipedia, Empty Lattice Approximation: Band Structures

The document discusses band structure and band diagrams for semiconductors. It first introduces the empty lattice approximation model of band structure using nearly free electron models for diamond and zinc-blende crystal structures. It then shows calculated band structure diagrams for silicon and gallium arsenide using pseudopotential techniques, demonstrating the solid and dotted lines represent calculations with nonlocal and local pseudopotentials, respectively.

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1) From Wikipedia, Empty Lattice Approximation: Band Structures

The document discusses band structure and band diagrams for semiconductors. It first introduces the empty lattice approximation model of band structure using nearly free electron models for diamond and zinc-blende crystal structures. It then shows calculated band structure diagrams for silicon and gallium arsenide using pseudopotential techniques, demonstrating the solid and dotted lines represent calculations with nonlocal and local pseudopotentials, respectively.

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Band Structures

1) From Wikipedia, Empty Lattice Approximation


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2) From Yu and Cardona, Fundamentals of Semiconductors, 1st edition (Springer, New York, 1996).

Fig. 2.9. Band structure of nearly free electrons for a diamond- Fig 2.8. Band structure of nearly free electrons in a zinc-blende-type
type crystal in the reduced zone scheme. The numbers in square crystal in the reduced zone scheme.
brackets denote corresponding reciprocal lattice vectors in the
extended zone scheme in units of (2/a), a being the size of the
unit cube.

Fig 2.10. Electronic band structure of Si calculated by the


pseudopotential technique. The solid and the dotted lines Fig. 2.14. Electronic band structure of GaAs calculated by
represent calculations with a nonlocal and a local the pseudopotential technique. [Ref.: Cohen and
pseudopotential, respectively. [Ref.: M.L. Cohen and J. Chelikowsky, 1989.]
Chelikowsky, Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of
Semiconductors, 2nd edition, Springer Ser. Solid-State Sci.,
Vol.75 (Springer, Berlin, 1989).]

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