EE-733 (Solid State Devices)

Swaroop Ganguly EE, IITB

Physical Foundations

Quantum Mechanics

Autumn 2016
 Schrdinger Wave Equation
Plane wave amplitude Momentum Energy

exp i k x t p h 2 k E h
2 k

i k i
x t
p 2
H V p i E i H
2m x t

2 2
i H V H E
t 2m x 2

Time-dependent Time-independent
Schrodinger Equation Schrodinger Equation
 Solutions to the Schrdinger Equation

H n n En n n x e iEn t
cn n x e iEn t

d x n d 3 x n* n
Probability of finding particle in 3 2
the neighborhood of x:

0mn
d x n mn
3 *
Orthonormal basis
1 m n
m
x

Expectation value of operator A 3 *
d x A n n
(e.g. p, p2/2m + V) in state n
x
 Finis

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