The discretized Schrödinger equation for the finite square well and its relationship to solid-state physics

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 865-881

  Boykin, Timothy B ^a   Klimeck, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

BLOCH STATES; DISCRETIZATION; SHCRÖDINGER EQUATION; WAVEFUNCTIONS;

SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

EID: 23844495476     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 01430807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/26/5/020     Document Type: Article

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