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Semiconductors

The document outlines possible questions for a Practicum, divided into three parts: Part A includes short answer questions on topics like band gap semiconductors and wavefunctions; Part B features more detailed questions on concepts such as the Brillouin zone and electronic materials; Part C consists of complex derivations and definitions related to statistical mechanics and quantum theory.

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Semiconductors

The document outlines possible questions for a Practicum, divided into three parts: Part A includes short answer questions on topics like band gap semiconductors and wavefunctions; Part B features more detailed questions on concepts such as the Brillouin zone and electronic materials; Part C consists of complex derivations and definitions related to statistical mechanics and quantum theory.

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Possible questions for Practicum

Part A (1 marks questions)

1. Examples of Direct and Indirect band gap semiconductors.

2. Range of Brillouin zone. -pi/a to pi/a

3. Probability of occupied by an electron at the Fermi level (Ans.1/2).

4. The allowed energies for a particle in a box. 0

5. Wavefunction for a particle in a 1-dimensional box.

6. Write expression for Bloch’s Theorem.


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7. Write expression for Schrödinger’s one-dimensional time-independent wave equation. 8.
Examples of particles each which obey Maxwell Boltzmann, Bose Einstein and Fermi Dirac statistics

Part B (2 marks questions)

1. Define direct and indirect band gap semiconductors with examples and illustrate using an E-K
diagram.

2. Explain the difference between photons and phonons.

3. Define the Brillouin zone and describe the construction of the first Brillouin zone for a 2D lattice.

4. What is the reduced zone scheme? Explain with the help of an E-K diagram. 5. Classify electronic
materials based on their band gaps, illustrate their band diagrams, and provide examples for each
category.

6. Postulates each of the classical free electron theory and the Quantum free electron theory.

7. Derive Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function at different temperatures with graphical presentation.

8. Give examples of particles each which obey Maxwell Boltzmann, Bose Einstein and Fermi Dirac
statistics. Write the expressions and difference between them. 9. What are the significance of E-K
diagram.

Part C (4-12 marks questions)

1. Provide four postulates each of the classical free electron gas theory and the Quantum free
electron gas theory. Additionally, highlight two key differences between the two theories.

2. Derive the expression for Density of States in 3D. Draw the graph between g (E) of vs E.

3. Derive the Kronig-Penney model for a one-dimensional crystal, demonstrating how only graphical
solutions can be obtained.

4. Define Maxwell Boltzmann, Bose Einstein and Fermi Dirac statistics. Write the expressions and
difference between them. Define Fermi- energy.

5. Derive Schrödinger’s one-dimensional time-independent wave equation. 6. All provided


numericals.

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