Semiconductor based Magnetic Materials
Basics of semiconductor physics
Undoped (intrinsic) semiconductors: Band structure has energy gap Eg at the Fermi energy Conduction only if electrons are excited (e.g., thermally, optically) over the gap Same density of electrons in conduction band and holes in valence band: |
Non-degenerate electron/hole gas in bands (i.e., no Fermi sea), transport similar to classical charged gas |