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Problem: Square Lattice

Consider two-dimensional electrons subjected to a weak periodic potential coming from a square lattice of spacing a=5 Å. For tex2html_wrap_inline5233 vectors far away from the Brillouin zone boundary, the wavefunction can be well described by plane waves. Assume we want to write the wavefunction in the Bloch form, tex2html_wrap_inline6019 . We consider a state of energy E and wavevector

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What will the three lowest energies be at this wavenumber? What are the corresponding tex2html_wrap_inline6023 functions? (Note: tex2html_wrap_inline6025 eVÅ tex2html_wrap_inline5761 ).

 


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Laszlo Mihaly
Thu Oct 31 13:23:11 EST 1996


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