We present a computational approach for the WKB approximation of the wavefunction of an electron moving in a periodic one-dimensional crystal lattice by means of a nonstrictly hyperbolic system whose flux function stems from the Bloch spectrum of the Schrodinger operator. This second part focuses on the handling of the source terms which originate from adding a slowly varying exterior potential. Physically, relevant examples are the occurrence of Bloch oscillations in case it is linear, a quadratic one modelling a confining field and the harmonic Coulomb term resulting from the inclusion of a ''donor impurity'' inside an otherwise perfectly homogeneous lattice.

Multiphase semiclassical approximation of an electron in a one-dimensional crystalline lattice, II. Impurities, confinement and Bloch oscillations.

Gosse L
2004

Abstract

We present a computational approach for the WKB approximation of the wavefunction of an electron moving in a periodic one-dimensional crystal lattice by means of a nonstrictly hyperbolic system whose flux function stems from the Bloch spectrum of the Schrodinger operator. This second part focuses on the handling of the source terms which originate from adding a slowly varying exterior potential. Physically, relevant examples are the occurrence of Bloch oscillations in case it is linear, a quadratic one modelling a confining field and the harmonic Coulomb term resulting from the inclusion of a ''donor impurity'' inside an otherwise perfectly homogeneous lattice.
2004
Istituto Applicazioni del Calcolo ''Mauro Picone''
Inglese
201
344
375
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Semiclassical limit
Periodic potential
Homogenization
Vlasov equation
Nonstrictly hyperbolic systems
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
262
Gosse L.
01 Contributo su Rivista::01.01 Articolo in rivista
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