Module
6 : PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Lecture 30 : Quantum Mechanical Concepts
Since the constant energy surface in
space is a shhere, we can define
Fermi wave vector
as the radius of a sphere corresponding to the Fermi energy
by
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space is a shhere, we can define 
as the radius of a sphere corresponding to the Fermi energy 
by 
