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Problem Set I

This document contains 4 physics problems related to nanoscale devices. Problem 1 involves calculations in the Drude model of electrical conductivity. Problem 2 examines energy loss in collisions using the Drude model. Problem 3 analyzes a 2D free electron gas model. Problem 4 involves calculations of density of states and electron concentration for a particle confined in a thin slab.

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Problem Set I

This document contains 4 physics problems related to nanoscale devices. Problem 1 involves calculations in the Drude model of electrical conductivity. Problem 2 examines energy loss in collisions using the Drude model. Problem 3 analyzes a 2D free electron gas model. Problem 4 involves calculations of density of states and electron concentration for a particle confined in a thin slab.

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Physics of Nanoscale Devices-II

Problem Set-I

1. In Drude model the probability of an electron suffering a collision in any infinitesimal


interval is just / .
a. Show that an electron picked at random at a given moment had no collision during
/
the preceding seconds with probability . Show that it will have no collision
during the next seconds with the same probability.
b. Show that the probability that the time interval between two successive collisions
of an electron falls in the range between and + is ( / ) / .
c. Show as a consequence of (a) that at any moment the mean time back to the last
collision (or up to the next collision) averaged over all electrons is .
d. Show as a consequence of (b) that the mean time between successive collisions of
an electron is .

2. Consider a metal at uniform temperature in a static uniform electric field E. An electron


experiences a collision, and then, after a time , a second collision. In the Drude model,
energy is not conserved in collisions, for the mean speed of an electron emerging from a
collision does not depend on the energy that the electron acquired from field since the time
of the preceding collision.
a. Show that the average energy lost to the ions in the second of two collisions
separated by a time is ( ) /2 . (The average is over all directions in which
the electron emerged from the first collision.)
b. Show, using the result of Problem 1(b), that the average energy loss to the ions per
electron per collision is ( ) / , and hence that the average loss per cubic
centimeter per second is ( / ) = . Deduce that the power loss in a wire
of length and cross section is , where is the current flowing and is the
resistance of the wire.

3. The free and independent electron gas in two dimensions:


a. What is the relation between and in 2-D?
b. What is the relation between and in 2-D?
c. Prove that in 2-D the free electron density of levels () is a constant independent
of for > 0, and 0 for < 0. What is the constant?
d. Show that because () is constant, every term in the Sommerfeld expansion for n
vanishes except the = 0 term. Deduce that = at any temperature.
e. Deduce from = () () that when () is as in (c), then
/
+ ln 1 + =
4.
a. Find out the total number of states present in the conduction band per unit volume
within the energy range of above the conduction band minima.
b. Suppose a particle is confined in a thin slab (figure given below). These particles
are confined in the z-direction, but they are free to move in x-y plane. If the
thickness of the slab is then find out the expression of DOS for the system and
draw it. Also find out the 2-D electron gas concentration.

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