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Commit 0c1dcfbe authored by Kostas Vilkelis's avatar Kostas Vilkelis :flamingo:
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fix math eq bugs

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...@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ Therefore, the electron's mass is the conduction band's effective mass. ...@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ Therefore, the electron's mass is the conduction band's effective mass.
Furthermore, the interactions between the electron and proton are screened by the lattice. Furthermore, the interactions between the electron and proton are screened by the lattice.
As a result, we need to introduce the following substitutions: $m_e \to m_e^*$, $\epsilon_0 \to \epsilon\epsilon_0$. As a result, we need to introduce the following substitutions: $m_e \to m_e^*$, $\epsilon_0 \to \epsilon\epsilon_0$.
We thus estimate the energy of the bound state created by the impurity: We thus estimate the energy of the bound state created by the impurity:
$$E = -\frac{m_e^*}{m_e \varepsilon^2} R_E = -0.01 \text{eV (in Ge)}$$ $$E = -\frac{m_e^*}{m_e \varepsilon^2} R_E = -0.01 \text{eV (in Ge)},$$
$r_B = 4$ nm (vs $r_B = 0.5$ Å in H)$. with Bohr radius $r_B = 4$ nm (vs $r_B = 0.5$ Å in Hydrogen).
The electron is very weakly bound to the impurity! At room temperature (0.026 eV), the donor electron is easily thermally excited into the conduction band. The electron is very weakly bound to the impurity!
At room temperature (0.026 eV), the donor electron is easily thermally excited into the conduction band.
On the other hand, we can add a group III element to reduce the average number of electrons in the system. On the other hand, we can add a group III element to reduce the average number of electrons in the system.
Group III elements lacks 1 electron and 1 proton and are therefore known as **acceptors**. Group III elements lacks 1 electron and 1 proton and are therefore known as **acceptors**.
...@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ Therefore, we model the density of states of donors/acceptors as a Dirac delta f ...@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ Therefore, we model the density of states of donors/acceptors as a Dirac delta f
$$ $$
g_D(E) = N_D \delta(E- E_D), \quad g_A(E) = N_A \delta(E-E_A), g_D(E) = N_D \delta(E- E_D), \quad g_A(E) = N_A \delta(E-E_A),
$$ $$
where N_D and N_A are donor and acceptor concentrations respectively. where $N_D$ and $N_A$ are donor and acceptor concentrations respectively.
The binding energies of the donor and acceptor are defined as $E_A$ and $E_D$. The binding energies of the donor and acceptor are defined as $E_A$ and $E_D$.
How good is this Dirac delta approximation? How good is this Dirac delta approximation?
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