// Time taken to reach Brillouin zone // Basic Electronics // By Debashis De // First Edition, 2010 // Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 1-11 in page 46 clear; clc; close; // Data given h=1.05*10^-34; // Constant of calculation in Js Kb=1.112*10^8; // Wave vector at Brillouin xone along x-axis /cm E_0=10^4; // External electric field applied in V/cm e=1.6*10^-19; // Charge on an electron in C // Calculation tou=(h*Kb)/(e*E_0); printf("Time taken by electron is %0.3e s",tou); // Result // Time taken by electron to reach Brillouin zone is 7.297 ps