DocumentCode
1322714
Title
The Kronig-Penney Approximation: May it Rest in Peace
Author
Nussbaum, Allen
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Issue
1
fYear
1986
Firstpage
12
Lastpage
15
Abstract
It has been traditional in explaining the energy band theory of solids to use a delta-function approximation due to Kronig and Penney. With the advent of the microcomputer age, it is argued here that numerical treatments of band structure are easy to do and physically far more correct. The Kronig-Penney approximation should now be regarded as obsolete.
Keywords
Diamond-like carbon; Equations; Function approximation; Lattices; Mathematical model; Physics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Education, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9359
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TE.1986.5570675
Filename
5570675
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