Condensed matter Physics 2

majority carrier diffuse into minority region and recombine with majority carriers

surface in reciprocal space that separates filled and unfilled states at absolute zero

adding/removing an electron from a semi conductor

any solid with a repeated structure

region about a lattice point that is closer to that lattice point than any other

a vector that describes the translational periodicity of a lattice

no 2 electrons can share the same set of quantum numbers

apparent mass of a particle when responding to forces

the eigenfunction of the wave equation for a periodic potential is the product of a plane wave and the potential that has the periodicity of the crystal

thermally generated minority carriers drift into the majority region, swept by built in e field

total relaxation times is dependent on different sources (defects, impurities and phonons)

the highest occupied electron state at absolute zero temperature

assuming scattering times are the same, 2 transport processes are only different by heat capacity and charge

amount of energy a material can store per kelvin

a pair of p-n junctions

electrons and holes recombine with each other resulting in no net charge carriers

empty state in valence band due to excitation of an electron into the conduction band

union of electron and hole to return to a neutral state

requires high energy phonons, direction of total linear momentum is reversed, responsible for heat resistance

incomplete band filling creates a Fermi surface, electric field shifts Fermi surface so not as many electrons are moving to the left as the right

a quantum of energy

one atomic species is swapped for another

total linear momentum conserved, no heat resistance

ability of a charge carrier to move through a material in response to an electric field

distance between fermi level and vacuum level

in a filled band as many electrons move to the left as to the right

equivalent to a Wigner Seitz cell in reciprocal space