Assignment Questions

ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

Unit- I

1.      Describe Davisson and Germer’s experiment for the study of electron diffraction.

2.      Derive Schrodinger’s time-independent wave equation and explain the significance of wave function.

3.      Derive Eigen values and Eigen functions for a particle in a one-dimensional potential box.

Unit-II

1.   Explain the Kronig - Penny model of solids and show that it leads to energy band structure.

2.   Explain the concept of the effective mass of an electron and derive an expression for it.

3.   Explain the classification of materials into insulators, semiconductors and conductors based on band theory.

Unit- III

1.   Derive an expression for electron concentration in an intrinsic semiconductor.

2.   Derive an expression for carrier concentration in p-type semiconductors and explain the variation of Fermi level with temperature and concentration of dopants in p-type semiconductors.

3.   Explain Hall Effect and derive an expression for the Hall coefficient.

Unit-IV

Unit- V