Published December 15, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Some consequences of the closure of the momentum Bloch functions

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

Description

We present a proof of the closure property of the momentum Bloch functions directly from the Schroedinger equation. We derive from this property several new relations involving the crystal potential, energy-band values at a fixed point in the first Brillouin zone, and the momentum matrix elements. These relations determine the crystal potential from the energy-band values and the Bloch functions at k = 0, and permit application of the kxp method to the momentum Bloch functions

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
12
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
8611-8615
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD