POSITION-DEPENDENT EFFECTIVE-MASS AND GALILEAN INVARIANCE

被引:214
作者
LEVYLEBLOND, JM
机构
[1] Physique Théorique, Université de Nice, F-06108 Nice Cedex 2, Parc Valrose
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.52.1845
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Instantaneous Galilean invariance is used to derive from first principles the expression for the Hamiltonian of an electron with a position-dependent effective mass, as well as the adequate boundary conditions for the wave function in the case of abrupt heterojunctions. A very elementary model sustaining these results in the envelope-function approximation is also proposed.
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页码:1845 / 1849
页数:5
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