Prakash Parajuli Konig-Penny model

Consider a periodic square well potential as shown in the fig 1.

Figure 1 Square well potential

The Schrodinger wave equation is,

Where is the potential energy and E is the energy eigenvalue.

In the region, in which .

Where,

Now in the region , with

Where,

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According to Bloch theorem, the solution in the region is connected with the
solution in the region by following relationship.

Where and defines the wavevector used as an index to label the solution.

Now applying boundary conditions for to be continuous at .

Rearranging equations,

For non trivial solution,

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Apply,

Apply,

Apply,

Apply,

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Now, reduced determinant is,

Apply,

Apply,

Now, reduced determinant is,

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Rearranging,

Taking determinant,

or,

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or,

or,

or,

or,

or,

Finally rearranging,

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Now, to simplify the equation, let us consider potentials to be periodic delta function by taking
with being finite quantity. This makes . The final
equation becomes,

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Plot for .