// Energies of electrons in conduction band // Basic Electronics // By Debashis De // First Edition, 2010 // Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 1-7 in page 22 clear; clc; close; // Data given k=0.01*10^10; // k-vector value /m h=1.05*10^-34; // Constant of calculation Js m_0=0.91*10^-30; // Mass of conduction electron Kg m_c1=0.067*m_0; // Effective mass of GaAs conduction electron Kg m_c2=0.01*m_0; // Effective mass if InAs conduction electron Kg // Calculation E_1=(h^2*(9*k^2))/(2*m_c1); A_1=(E_1)/(1.6*10^-19); printf("(a)Energy of conduction electron in GaAs = %0.2e eV\n",A_1); E_2=(h^2*(9*k^2))/(2*m_c2); A_2=(E_2)/(1.6*10^-19); printf("(b)Energy of conduction electron in InAs = %0.3e eV",A_2); // Results // (a) Energy of conduction electron in GaAs is 50.9 meV // (b) Energy of conduction electron in InAs is 340.7 meV