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Lim. Yung-Kuo. Problems and Solutions On Solid State Physics, Relativity PDF
Lim. Yung-Kuo. Problems and Solutions On Solid State Physics, Relativity PDF
__.. m we —w? - wy As P and E are parallel, the relative dielectric constant is E+P w e= SEF 14“ _ “EB ww? — wy 2 where w2 = NZ (in SI units). The index of refraction n is now complex: n=Ve=nti« with 7, « given by (w — w?)w? —n a1 (wo P 7s + (W§ = w?)? + wy? * t= wwe (Cr Re (b) As w, « VN, in the low density limit, 7? — x? ~ 1, 2nk ~ 0. This means that the imaginary part of n, x, is small and the real part, 7, is close to unity at low densities. The variations n(w), K(w) for low densities are sketched in Fig. 1.32. Note that « is maximum at w = up. The corresponding maximum absorption is known as resonance absorption. Also 7 > 1 for w < wo and 7 < 1 for w > wo. (c) At resonance, w * wo and = = =1, 2nk = ey In the low density limit, w) < 7y and the above set of equations has solution “ 2woy ” nel, KeSolid State Physics lll Fig. 132 The wave function has an exponential factor ellknr—ut) — g-nkrgi(kar—ut) | where k = wo/c, showing that the intensity has an attenuation factor e-2xwor/e. The attenuation length J is then given by 2xwo) or =F. = SF © 2Rwy we” (d) The index of refraction is by definition giving The group velocity vg is then _(#)" _ (ean ny "e\ao) “edo te) * In the low density limit, near resonance w * wo, K < 1 so that n=ntinen, c ee (2) 40° wo (Zi) +0112 Problems & Solutions on Solid State Physics ... which shows that in the vicinity of resonance the group velocity exceeds the space of light. However, this is not a violation of causality because when anomalous dispersion occurs the group velocity can no longer be identified with the velocity of energy propagation, which is always less than c. 1055, Let a dielectric be described as N valence electrons per unit volume, bound to ions harmonically with angular frequency wo. It is in a uniform magnetic field B directed along the z-axis. Monochromatic light of fre- quency w is sent through the dielectric along the z-direction. (a) If the light is circularly polarized, find the indices of refraction. (b) If the light is linearly polarized, calculate the angle through which the polarization rotates as the wave propagates a distance z in the dielectric (you may assume that An < n, where An = ng —ny and n = (ng +nz)/2). (Wisconsin) Solution: (a) The equation of motion for a valence electron is @r df where r is the displacement of the electron from its equilibrium position. The collective motion of the N valence electrons generates a polarization m5 = —cE-eV x B—mugr , P=-—Ner. The equation of the polarization is accordingly m @?P 1 dP mu ee pM se — op. Nea ~ © e( weg) *B+ Ne? As E ~ cit, we have P ~ eit and 4 = iw. Substitution in the above givesSolid State Physics 113 iwBxP mug Nt Ne?? or where w? = 4. As B = (0,0, B), the above can be written as pe) [te BBO Vip (E)-[e |): 0 o a Maxwell’s equations for free space VxE=-B, VxH=D, V-D=0 with B = poH, D = E+P give s. 7 w oto — V?E = =vv -P)— oP . 0 With E = Eyet(vt-#), Pp = Pyetlwt-k) k = ke,, we have & 2 2 2 gp!) VE=-#E, V-P=-ik-P = -ikP., U(V-P) =—k?P.e. , and thus €0(k?c? — u®)E = —k*c?P.e, +w*P since pio€o = c~?. Letting x = #3¢" — 1, we can write the above as €oxE = Prez + Pyey — xPzez , E, 1 10 0 P, E,}=—|01 0 P,).- E,} \o 0 -x/ \P. The above two matrix equations combine to give wi-w? 4 cout ~ ex 5 eB 6 P, iw who? 1 = —weB ‘owe OX 9 2 =0 gw? a ‘2 0 0 Hor hg114 Problems & Solutions on Solid State Physics ... In general “=9" 4 1 4 0, hence P, = 0 and so B, = 0. This means that an incident plane wave will remain a plane wave. The condition for nonvanishing solutions is that determinant of the square matrix in the equation for P must vanish, giving w - w 1 wB ows €oX+ Ne’ Thus there are two refractive indices Vi+xe =4/1+ Corresponding to n4 we have wB iwB A Wel? =F ye Py, or P,=+iP, and hence the amplitudes 1 P,=Cz| ti] , 0 where C;, C_ are constants. Similarly, 1 r,- = [4i). €oX+ 0 Since the factors +i correspond to additional phase angles +3, the above shows that E,, E_ are right-hand and left-hand circularly polarized waves with indices of refraction n,, n_ respectively. (Right-hand rotation means that looking against the direction of light, E rotates clockwise. For Ey, Ey = iE;, or Ez = Beoswt = %cos(-wt), Fy = 2 cos(ut + 2) = 2 sin(—ut).) (b) The linearly polarized light can be decomposed into right- and left-hand circulating polarized componentsSolid State Physics 115, sé = Bo (1) iut-ey2) , Bol 1) ites) E=E,+E.=5 (ie +(e ky ~k ) 2 eile BE This shows that when looking against the direction of light propagation, the plane of polarization turns anticlockwise with an angle ky kL wz wz O= 7 z= 5, (ny —n_)= ZAn, after traveling the medium for a distance z. Assuming 2 cow,wB wae Kl Ne(ug —w) <1? we have ne = 1 w2 eqwdwB we \? wyfl+ P+ Fis se} we —w? ~~ 2Ne(w§ — w?) we - Note that this approximation agrees with the condition An < }(n4+n_). As cquswB Ne(uB — w2)/(w§ — 0)? + w2(wh — 0?) we obtain whew Wez a 2e(uR — 02) ,/(uR — 02)? + w2 (wR — w2) where w, = 22. 1056 Circularly polarized light propagates along the z-axis through a fully ionized medium in which a static magnetic field B is also directed along the116 Problems & Solutions on Solid State Physics ... z-axis. The index of refraction for right-hand circularly polarized radiation of angular frequency w is where N is the electron density and e, m and c have their usual meaning. (a) What is the corresponding expression for left-hand circularly polar- ized light? (b) If B = 0, what is the phase velocity? (c) if B = 0, what is the group velocity? You may assume that w> = but not w — oo. (Wisconsin) Solution: (a) The equation of motion of an electron in the medium is @r moa = ~(E+vxB), where r is the displacement of the electron from the original position. The force on the electron due to the magnetic field associated with the traversing light has been omitted as it is smaller than the force due to the associated electric field by a factor v/c. With E = E,e, + Eyey, B = Bez, r=se, + ye, + zez, the above becomes —eE, — eBy, my = —eB, + eBz , mi=0. The last equation shows that z = constant so that any velocity in the z direction is not associated with the oscillation caused by the traversing light and can hence be neglected. We can also take z = 0. For right-hand circularly polarized light, we have Ey = Egeilut-t), =ikz, and so i(wt—kz) i(wt—kz) x = aoe ¥ = yor’Solid State Physics 117 The equation of motion can thus be written as —mw*x = —eE, — iweBy , —mw?y = -eE, + iweBr . In terms of the polarization vector P = —Ner, the above become mw? iwB We feeb Ps mu? iwB =e + SP Maxwell’s equation for a source-free isotropic medium, V+E=-B, VxH=D, with B=H, D=q@E+P 2 _oa fix oP - —V(V-P)=VE- 3B. We also have VD =0, which gives 108, ~ @ Oz v-pav-E €0 since E depends on z only and E, = 0. This also implies that P, = 0. Noting that 2 2 # 2 WE=-RE, 5a =-«7, we finally have where118 Problems & Solutions on Solid State Physics ... For nonvanishing solutions, we require that the determinant of the coeffi- cients of Ez, E, be zero. This gives wie )?_(wBy’ Ne’ mx) \Nm/) ° which has two solutions 2 e wB w Ne! yg Nm * The top sign gives Ey = —iE,, which is the left-hand circularly polarized light. The refraction index np for the right-hand circularly polarized light is then given by 2 @E+P Xe n= 14% E ek + € 2 1-— w? + ww, * where w? = Neu, = 2. Note that in Gaussian units, we 4nNe? w, - 2B Pm’ 8 me’ and the expression for nh is identical with that given in the problem. For the left-hand circularly polarized light, w2 2 44X%+2,__“P_ mL ee 1 w? — wig (b) If B =0, 2 2_,_%_4,X_@h? nt [ae & ww’ giving The phase velocity is thenSolid State Physics 119 (c) As 2c?kdk = 2wdw, the group velocity is Bek eo dk w 1057 Below are listed some measured properties of NaCl at room temper- ature: static dielectric constant « = 5.90, side of unit cell a = 5.6 A, atomic mass of Na = 23 amu (1 amu = 1.66 x 10-4 g), atomic mass of Cl = 35.5 amu. (a) Polaritons results from the coupling between phonons and photons in ionic crystals. To see this, derive the dispersion relation w(k) and draw the dispersion diagram for transverse electromagnetic modes propagating through an ionic crystal (e.g. NaCl). Neglect atomic polarization. (b) For what band of photon wavelengths would you expect NaCl to reflect incident radiation? (That is, obtain and evaluate expressions for the shortest and longest wavelengths of this band.) (Princeton) Solution: (a) Figure 1.33 (a) shows optical and acoustic branches of the dispersion relation for a one-dimensional diatomic lattice as shown in Fig. 1.33 (b) without any coupling between them. Near k = 0, the acoustic branch is linear, w = vk. As v © 1075c, the corresponding wave for light, w = ck will practically coincide with the w-axis. Thus only the coupling between the optical mode of k = 0 and light is possible. Neglecting electronic polarizability, we assume polarization to be caused entirely by ionic motion. Consider the motion of a pair of ions in an applied electric field E with k ~ 0. The relative displacement W of a positive from a negative ion has equation of motion pW =-2KW+4E, where p= 3/f™. is the reduced mass of the pair of ions and K is the force constant between them, q is the magnitude of the charge of each ion. When the ions are stationary, W = 0 and W = 5£E. If V is the volume per unit pair, and po = q/V is the charge density, the polarization is by definition120 Problems & Solutions on Solid State Physics ... (a) Fig. 1.33 2 q P=pW = —E= Po 3 KVE ©oxE , where €0 is the free-space permittivity and y the electric susceptibility related to the relative dielectric constant ¢ by x = €—1. The force constant is then 2 2 gq q K=—%_=— 4% __. 2xeoV- AE —1)eoV Setting Q = £W, we have from the equation of motion Q+u2Q-u2yE=0, (1) - fk f @ OVE Vne- Dav is the angular frequency of the optical mode when k = 0, which is char- acteristic of the optical mode. To find the interaction of the optical mode with the traversing electromagnetic waves and derive the coupled mode, we have to combine this characteristic equation with Maxwell’s equations where VxE=-B ’ VxH=-D+J, with B = poH, D = eE, Jo = pow = @Q being the current density. Furthermore, as the medium is charge-free (apart from the ions), V -E = 2V-D=0. Hence Vx (V XE) = -V°E= —poV x H = —pe0(E+ Q) ,Solid State Physics 121 or 1 2 oF Taking the direction of propagation of the electromagnetic wave as the x direction, we have VE= (E+Q). (2) E = Egei(t2-t), Q = Qoeilt2-¥8) Substituting these in Eqs. (1) and (2) results in { (w§ — w?)Qo = xw5Eo 5 kc?Eip = w?(Ey + Qo) , which give the dispersion relation of the coupled mode Ck? ewy —w? w we —w? * It is seen that for k + 0, w + 0 or w > Yew; for k + 00, w — wo or w — oo. The relation consists of two branches as shown in Fig. 1.34. (b) As shown in Fig. 1.34, in the band between wo and \/éwy, coupling between the phonons and photons is forbidden and the incident light will be completely reflected. The shortest and longest wavelengths of this band are Ime Ime 1 Amin = ne eu (ioe min ve q op! ( ) , 2ac ane Dea’ = a a €ouV(e- 1).122 Problems & Solutions on Solid State Physics ... For NaCl, V = 403, » = puma, q =e, with the data given we obtain Myatmci Amin = 32.2 pm, Amax = 78.3 wm . 1058 Suppose you are given an alkali halide with €(0) = 5.9, (oo) = 2.25, reflectivity = 0 at A = 3.06 ym, and e(w) real. (a) Find wy, wr. (Recall that wr is the TO phonon frequency in the absence of any coupling to external fields and defines a pole of e(w), whereas wy, defines a zero of €(w).) (b) Sketch the reflectivity vs. w. (Princeton) Solution: (a) For an ionic crystal, if viscous damping can be neglected, the dielec- tric constant is real and the relative dielectric constant can be expressed as 4 EO =c(co))wy ele) = (00) + a The refractive index of a substance is n = ,/e(w) and for normal incidence the reflectivity is n=(233)'- veto)—1)" “\nat) ~\yeort If R=0 at w = up, then (wy) = 1, or 1 = e(co) + EO = look giving (00) -1 4/2 or €(0) — : Bie ane As wo = 382 = 2RxSx107 — 6.16 x 101 81, (0) = 5.9, €(00) = 2.25, wr =f x 6.16 x 1039 = 3.11 x 109s.Solid State Physics 123 At w = wr, e(w) = 0, ie, fe(0) ~e(oo)Ju% _ oof €(0o) + giving the Lyddane-Sachs-Teller relation we _ (0) wh €(00) ” Hence 8 w= [3] wr = 5.04 x 10! 5“! . (b) We have _ _ _ _ (ve) — 1)? _ . for w=0, ew)=e(0)=59, R= Caen =0.17; for wr00, ew) +r e(oo) =2.95, R= LVEI=D" _ ogy (elo) +1)?” for w = wy = 6.16 x 1033 s“!, ew) = 1, R=0; for R=1, eWw)=0andw= wr = wy = 5.04 x 108 s7} Furthermore, for wr < w < wy, €(w) < 0, which means that n is imaginary, total reflection occurs and R = 1. Hence we can sketch the R vs. w curve, which is shown in the semi-log graph Fig. 1.35.124 Problems & Solutions on Solid State Physics ... R 1 os eas 103 2 4 6 8 494 ws) Fig. 1.35 1059 A rough sketch of the absorption coefficient for electromagnetic radi- ation is given for a nonmagnetic pure solid substance. The substance absorbs light in a narrow range in the infrared (0.15 eV) and then does not absorb light until the photon energy is 2.3 eV. Briefly explain this pattern of absorption and answer the following. Absorption coefficient O15eV 23eV Fig. 1.36 (a) Is this material a metal or an insulator? Why? > Photon energySolid State Physics 125 (b) Is there more than one atom per unit cell in the crystal structure of this material? Why? (Wisconsin) Solution: The absorption of light in the infrared is caused by the interaction of photons with lattice vibration, or more specifically, by the interaction of long-wavelength optical phonons with photons. Locally the long wavelength optical vibration of the lattice causes the atoms or molecules to behave as oscillating electric dipoles. In their interaction with the electromagnetic field of the traversing light, absorption of the latter occurs. The strong absorption above 2.3 eV is due to excitation of electrons from valence band into conduction band (a) This material is an insulator (probably a semiconductor as the energy gap AE is 2.3 eV). (b) There are more than two atoms per unit cell, otherwise the optical branch would have been absent and there would be no absorption peak at 0.15 eV. 1060 Give a numerical estimate, with 60% accuracy, of the magnetic suscep- tibility x = M/B (where B = applied magnetic field) for (a) a Fermi free electron gas with N = 4.7 x 10?? cm7? electrons at T = 300 K and at T = 350 K; (b) a type I superconductor at temperatures below the critical temper- ature. (Wisconsin) Solution: (a) For a Fermi free electron gas the magnetic susceptibility x = M/B 3NuR QE ’ where N is the number of free electrons per unit volume, jp = £4. is the Bohr magneton and Ep is the Fermi energy. With the accuracy required Re? re Bp = BR = 5—(3N0? "8 = 5 (3Nx 2)3126 Problems & Solutions on Solid State Physics ... With h=6.58x 10° eV-s, me? =0.51 x 10° eV, N=4.7 x 10 cm-’, we find Ep = 4.76 eV , and with jp = 9.27 x 10-74 erg G~! we obtain 3x 4.7 x 10” x (9.27 x 10771)? yi = 9x a76x1.6x 19-12 80x10 ces. As the paramagnetic susceptibility of a Fermi free electron gas does not depend on temperature, x(300 K) = x(350 K) = 0.80 x 10~®egs . (b) For a type I superconductor below the critical temperature, 1 <-— « aed 4a = 1061 Consider a crystal containing a paramagnetic impurity whose energy levels are +e in a given magnetic field. (a) Write the contribution of this impurity to the partition function of the crystal in the presence of the field. (b) Write the corresponding expression of the impurity’s contribution to the specific heat and plot it as a function of temperature. (c) Compare the temperature dependence of this specific heat with that of the phonon specific heat (Debye theory) in the limit of very low temperatures and give a physical interpretation of their difference. (d) Perform the comparison (c) for the limit of very high temperatures. (Chicago) Solution: (a) The contribution of the impurity to the partition function of the crystal is