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Semiconductor Sub-band Occupancy
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[QUOTE="Matt atkinson, post: 5087920, member: 416698"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] a) A quantum well contains electrons at a sheet carrier density of [itex]n_s =2 \times 10^{16}m^{-2}[/itex]. The electron effective mass is [itex]0.1m_e^*[/itex]. Calculate the Fermi energy of the carrier distribution in the well. You may assume the spacings between sub-bands in the quantum well is very much greater than the Fermi energy. b) If instead the spacing between the lowest two sub-bands is [itex]25meV[/itex], deduce the resultant occupancy in meV of each of the two sub-bands. [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] For a) I used [tex]\varepsilon_F=\frac{\hbar^2\pi}{m_e^*}n_s[/tex] which was derived from the 2D density of states. [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] So I understand part a), but part b) has me confused. I interpreted the problem as shown in the image below. I assume the thing that I need to find is the energies I denoted as [itex]\Delta E_{1_o}[/itex] and [itex]\Delta E_{2_o}[/itex], and when I asked my lecturer about the question he said to look at it as a geometry problem but I just can't see, would I literally just need to calculate the energys [itex]E_1[/itex] and [itex]E_2[/itex] and use that and the fermi energy to determine the width? Using; [tex]25meV=\frac{\hbar^2\pi^2}{2m_e^*d^2}\left( 2^2-1^2 \right)[/tex] I found the QW width and then used the following relations to get the occupancy; [tex]\Delta E_{1_o}=\varepsilon_F -E_1[/tex] [tex]\Delta E_{2_o}=\varepsilon_F -E_2[/tex][ATTACH=full]177925[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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