NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

COLLEGE OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGG

THIRD FINAL (ON LINE), SPRING SEMESTER-2020
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Subj: EE-803 Physical Electronic Date: 15 Aug 2020

Instr: Col Dr Mashhood Ahmad Time: 2115-2200 Hrs
Total Marks: 50 RV: ON LINE
DE: MS Entry-2019 Stream: Semiconductor Electronics
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Q-1 a Show that the Schrodinger wave equation for an electron subjected to

a square-well potential in a crystal given as under reduces to the central equation:

(λ k  ε) C (k)   U G C (k  G)  0 ,  2k 2 
Where, k  , is the total energy
G
2m
of the C (k ) are the Fourier coefficients of wave vector expansion in k-space
and U G are the expansion coefficients of periodic potential in reciprocal lattice
vectors. [06]

U(x)

U0

-b 0 a a+b x

b. Show that the central equation gives the two solutions of the Schrodinger’s equation:
 Gx  Gx
 ( x)  exp  i   exp   i  , at the crystal zone boundary. [06]
 2   2 

2π n
Q-2 a. In case of delta function potential with A  UG , G  and a as lattice
a
2 n
constant we have the central equation as: (k   ) C (k )  A  C (k 
n a
)0.

Show that this equation reduces to Kronig-Penney result:

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COLLEGE OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGG
THIRD FINAL (ON LINE), SPRING SEMESTER-2020
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 2
2m
Sin ( a)  Cos ( a)  Cos (ka) . Where,   mA and  
a
. [07]
a 2 2

b. Show that if an electric field  is applied at time t  0 to electron gas filling a Fermi

sphere centered at the origin of k-space then at a later time t the sphere will be

displaced to a new centre at: k   et  [05]

c. Show that if n is the density of the electrons and  is mean collision time then the
resistivity of the Fermi electron gas be given as:   m ne 2 . [06]

Q-3. a. Show that for N electron system of 3-D Fermi gas confined to a cubic cell of side
3

  3Nπ 
2 2 2
L the Fermi energy is given as: εF    , where, V is the volume
2m  V 
of the cell in which the Fermi gas is confined. [07]

b. Show that density of states (electron orbitals) per unit energy range of a 3-D Fermi

3N
gas is given as: D ( )  . [07]
2

c. Show that the Kinetic Energy of a 3-D gas of N free electrons at 0 K is:
3
U0  N F . [06]
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