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Homework Statement
Long and thin sample of silicon is stationary illuminated with an intensive optical source which can be described by a generation function ##G(x)=\sum_{m=-\infty}^\infty Kδ(x-ma)## (Dirac comb function). Setting is room temperature and ##L_p## and ##D_p## are given. Find the expression ##Δp(x)=?##
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3. The Attempt at a Solution [/B]
The generation function is a dirac comb with a period a. I started with an idea to only use the generation function on it's main part, ##x \in [-a/2, a/2]##, where ##G(x)=Kδ(x)## and then the result would be periodic.
Using Convection-Diffusion equation:
##\frac{d^2(Δp)}{dx^2} - \frac{Δp}{L_p} = -\frac{G(x)}{D_p}## and from there i got two results, one for the first portion ##(-\infty, 0)## and one for the second portion ##(0, \infty)##:
##Δp_I=Ae^{\frac{x}{L_p}}##
##Δp_{II}=Be^{\frac{-x}{L_p}}##
To find the missing coefficients i use the fact that:
1) ##Δp_I(0^-)=Δp_{II}(0^+)##
2) ##\int_{0^-}^{0^+} d\frac{dΔp}{dx} \, dx = -\int_{0^-}^{0^+} Kδ(x)/D_p \, dx + \int_{0^-}^{0^+} Δp/L_p \, dx##
and i got
##A=B=\frac{KL_p}{2D_p}## so my function would look like this:
##Δp(x) = \frac{KL_p}{2D_p}e^{x/L_p}##, ##-a/2<x<0##
##Δp(x) = \frac{KL_p}{2D_p}e^{-x/L_p}##, ##0<x<+a/2##, periodic with period ##T=a##.
This solution is not correct and I must be missing something about the periodic generation function, probably some extra condition which i can't figure out. The solution from the book gives:
which is of different form than what i have and has extra coefficients. What's wrong here? What is missing?