Elementary Theory of Electronic Band Structure in Semiconductors

This chapter contains sections titled:

• Bloch Theorem and Effective Mass Theory

• The Luttinger-Kohn Hamiltonian

• The Zinc Blende Hamiltonian

• The Wurtzite Hamiltonian

• Band Structure of Zinc Blende and Wurtzite Semiconductors

• Crystal Orientation Effects on a Zinc Blende Hamiltonian

• Crystal Orientation Effects on a Wurtzite Hamiltonian

• Problems

• References