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(1) The document describes the structure of a perovskite mineral unit cell and asks questions about atom densities and ratios of lattice constants between varieties. (2) It then asks about photon absorption by particles in an infinite potential well and calculates ground state energies from given absorption wavelengths. (3) Band structures of a semiconductor are defined and a question asks for the hole to electron mass ratio. (4) The Fermi-Dirac distribution and finding the Fermi energy from equal probabilities at different temperatures is described.

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(1) The document describes the structure of a perovskite mineral unit cell and asks questions about atom densities and ratios of lattice constants between varieties. (2) It then asks about photon absorption by particles in an infinite potential well and calculates ground state energies from given absorption wavelengths. (3) Band structures of a semiconductor are defined and a question asks for the hole to electron mass ratio. (4) The Fermi-Dirac distribution and finding the Fermi energy from equal probabilities at different temperatures is described.

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Physics 3313, Midterm I (1) The structure of the unit cell for a mineral called perovskite is shown below.

(a) Assuming the cubic lattice with a=6 A, what are the volume densities of Ti, Ca, and O atoms? (b) A variety of perovskite called dysanalyte has the Ti atoms replaced by Nb (niobium) atoms. If the density (mass of a unit volume) is the same for both minerals, what is the ratio of their lattice constants? The respective atomic weights are Ca:40, O:16, Ti:48, and Nb:93.

Ca (calcium) O (oxigen) Ti (titanium)

(2) A system of non-interacting particles in an innite potential well in the ground state (n = 1) is illuminated by light. At certain wavelengths, the system absorbs the light due to elevation of particles to higher energy levels. (a) If the ground state energy E1 =1 eV, light of which wavelength will elevate the particles to the n = 2 energy level? (b) In the 300700 nm range, the experiment detected two absorption lines: 1 =330.7 nm and 2 =620 nm. What is the ground state energy? Hint: to simplify the calculations, you can use the fact that photon energy in eV is 1240 related to its wavelength in nm as E (eV) = . (nm) (3) The conduction and valence bands in a semiconductor can be described as Ec (k) = E1 E2 cos ka and Ev (k) = E3 + E4 cos2 ka, respectively, where E1 =6 eV, E2 =1 eV, E3 =3.5 eV, E4 =0.5 eV, a=2 A. What is the hole to electron mass ratio? (4) The distribution of electrons in a semiconductor is described by the Fermi-Dirac probability function. The probability to nd an electron with energy 8 eV at T =300 K is the same as the probability to nd an electron with energy 9 eV at T =600 K. What is the Fermi energy (assuming that it does not depend on temperature)?

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