Diode barrier potential scenario

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Diode Breakdown

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Impact of Scattering on mobility

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Direct and Indirect Bandgap

Semiconductors

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Effect of temperature on an extrinsic

semiconductor

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Photon absorption and emission

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Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission

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Concept of tunneling

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Quantum Mechanics Implication of

Wave-Particle Duality
QM wave decays in
the forbidden zone,
but isnt zero!
Leaks through to
other side
Hence some
probability to tunnel
through!

PN junction reverse bias current

mechanism of Zener Breakdown
Minority carrier drift/diffusion

Near the edge of depletion region

The direct band-to-band tunnelling
model (BTBT)
Describes the carrier generation in
the high field region without any
influence of local traps.

Electron-hole generation in
depletion region
Band to band tunneling (BTBT) is
dominant

Variation of optical absorption

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Variation of optical absorption for

various materials

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The Uncertainty Principle

For any particle

(x)(s ) = h m
where h is a fundamental constant of nature (Plancks
constant) and m is the mass of the particle
Strictly speaking, the above is h/m at a minimum; it can be larger

What does this mean?

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

the uncertainties of the doped
electrons position and momentum
Px = h
P = hk/2
P = momentum
Px = h
x = 2/k
Set x = 2/a (a= lattice
parameter)
The position of electron is uncertain,
when electron is at k=0 then
recombination occurs, if not then no
recombination. The position and
momentum of a particle cannot be
simultaneously
measured
with
arbitrarily high precision.

h
K

Existance of trap level

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