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EE‐606: Solid State DevicesEE‐606: Solid State DevicesLecture 9: Fermi‐Dirac Statistics
Muhammad Ashraful [email protected]
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Carrier Density
Carrier number = Number of states x filling factor
Chapters 2‐3 Chapter 4
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Outline
1) Rules of filling electronic states1) Rules of filling electronic states
2) Derivation of Fermi‐Dirac Statistics: three techniques
)3) Intrinsic carrier concentration
4) Conclusion
Reference: Vol 6 Ch 4 (pages 96‐105)
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Reference: Vol. 6, Ch. 4 (pages 96 105)
E‐k diagram and Electronic States
Energy‐Band Density of States
EE
2 3
22
−*
cm m* E E2 32π
E
E3
E1
E2
kaπ
aπ
− g(E)
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Rules for filling up the States
E3E2
3
E11
Pauli Principle: Only one electron per state
Total number of electrons is conserved T iiN N=∑
Total energy of the system is conserved
T ii∑T i ii
E E N=∑
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Outline
1) R l f l i l t i t t1) Rules of placing electronic states
2) Derivation of Fermi‐Dirac Statistics: three techniques
3) Intrinsic carrier concentration
4) Conclusion
In 1926, Fowler studied collapse of a star to white dwarf by F‐D statistics, before Sommerfeld used the F‐D statistics to develop a theory of
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electrons in metals in 1927. Wikipedia has a nice article on this topic.
Illustrative Example: 3 Energy Levels
T iiN N=∑ T i ii
E E N=∑NT=5 and ET=12
E=2
E=4
E=0
E 2
2035!
0!5!2!
1!27!
3!5
4!3
!W = • •
=
1225!
2!3!72!
1!1!
5!2!!420
W = • •
=
0415!
4!1!2!
0!27!
6!5
1!3
!W = • •
=
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53= 420= 53=
Occupation Statistics
E=4
E=0
E=2
E=4
E=0
122 420W = 041 35W =203 35W =
(E) Choose the most
probable configuration
W ( probable configuration.
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2,0,3 1,2,2 0,4,1
Occupation Statistics
E=4 * 2f = E
E=0
E=2
E=4 3
*2
725
f
f
=
=
E
E=0
122 420W =*
1 21f =
f(E)
(E)
W (
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2,0,3 1,2,2 0,4,1
For N‐states
Ni
lnWSi
!iSW =∏
2,0,3 1,2,2 0,4,1
5!2! 7!WR ll( )! !ci i i i
WS N N
=−∏ 203 0!51 ! 3!4!!2!
= • •WRecall.
[ ]ln( ) ln ! ln( )! ln != − − −∑W S S N N
[ ]ln ( ) ln( ) ( ) ln− − − − + − − +∑ i i i i i i i ii i i ii
NS S S N N NS NS N SStirling approx.
[ ]ln( ) ln ! ln( )! ln !=∑ i i i ii
W S S N N
10
[ ]ln ( ) ln( ) ln= − − − −∑ i i i i i i i ii
S S S N S N N N
Optimization with Lagrange‐Multiplierh hChoose the most
probable configuration.
lnWlnln( ) ii i
WW dNN
δ ∂=
∂∑configurations
i
ln 1ii i i i
S dN dN E dNN
α β⎡ ⎤⎛ ⎞
− − −⎢ ⎥⎜ ⎟⎢ ⎥⎝ ⎠⎣ ⎦
∑ ∑ ∑
l 1iS E dNβ⎡ ⎤⎛ ⎞⎢ ⎥⎜ ⎟∑
T i iiE E N=∑
i i iiN⎢ ⎥⎝ ⎠⎣ ⎦∑ ∑ ∑
ln 1ii i
i i
S E dNN
α β⎛ ⎞
= − − −⎢ ⎥⎜ ⎟⎢ ⎥⎝ ⎠⎣ ⎦
∑T ii
N N=∑
i∑
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i
Final steps …
ln 1 0ii
S EN
α β⎡ ⎤⎛ ⎞
− − − =⎢ ⎥⎜ ⎟⎢ ⎥⎝ ⎠ E
1iN
iiN
β⎢ ⎥⎜ ⎟⎢ ⎥⎝ ⎠⎣ ⎦
E
EF1( )1 α β+≡ =+
iE
i
Nf ES e
1f(E)
fmax(E)=1EF
1At , ( ) 02FF FE f EE Eα β= ≡ ⇒ + =
1( ) iNf E1
1β
( )1( )
1 F
iE
iE
Nf ES eβ −
= =+
/A ( ) E k Tf A
( ) /1 BFE kE Te −=
+
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Bk Tβ⇒ =/At , ( ) BE k T
BoltzmanE f E Ae−→ ∞ =
Derivation by Detailed Balance
E 0
E=2E=4
0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4( ) ( )[1 ( )][1 ( )]0
f E f E f E f EA⎧ ⎫− − −⎪ ⎪⎨ ⎬
E=0
0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4
0 3 0 4 0 1 0 2
( ) ( )[ ( )][ ( )]0
( ) ( )[1 ( )][1 ( )]f f f f
Af E f E f E f E
⎪ ⎪ =⎨ ⎬− −⎪ ⎪⎩ ⎭
1 E1 + E2 = E3 + E4 Only solution is …. 0 ( )
1( )1 β −=+ FE Ef E
e
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Pauli Principle, energy, and number conservation all satisfied
Derivation by Partition Function
β β− − − −F Fiiii( E ) ( E )NE E Ne eP β− −= ≡∑ i i Fi ( E N E )
i
e ePe Z
E=2E=4
E=0 1β = Bk T
( )0000 0 β− − × F
i i i
E
state E N P
e Z( )1
00
11
0
1 β− − ×i FE E
e Z
e ZEi
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Derivation by Partition Function1
( )0000 0 β− − × F
i i i
E
state E N P
e Z
1
( )111 1 β− − ×i FE Ee Z
( ) 1
0 1
=+Pf E
P PProbability that state is filled ….
E 0 1
1
− −
− −=i F B
i F B
( E E ) / k T
( E E ) / k T
e / Z/ Z / Z1
f(E)
EF
E
1 + i F B( E E ) / k T/ Z e / Z1
1 −= ( E E ) / k T
11/2f(E)
F
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1 −+ i F B( E E ) / k TeEFE
1 )1/2
Few comments on Fermi‐Dirac Statistics
Applies to all spin‐1/2 particles
Information about spin is not explicit; multiply DOS by 2Information about spin is not explicit; multiply DOS by 2. May be more complicated for magnetic semiconductors.
C l b i t ti ti l i l t dCoulomb‐interaction among particles is neglected,Therefore it applies to extended solids, not to small molecules
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Outline
1) Rules of placing electronic states1) Rules of placing electronic states
2) Derivation of Fermi‐Dirac Statistics: three techniques
3) I i i i i3) Intrinsic carrier concentration
4) Conclusion
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Carrier Distribution
( )1 f E ( ) ( )tE
∫DOS F‐D concentration
E
E
( )1 f E− ( ) ( )top
c
E
cEn g E f E dE= ∫E E
( )cg EFE
( )g E
cE( ) ( )cg E f E
( ) ( )1g E f E⎡ ⎤−⎣ ⎦Eυ( )g Eυ
( )f E
( ) ( )1g E f Eυ ⎡ ⎤⎣ ⎦
1
( ) ( )1bot
E
Ep g E f E dEυ
υ ⎡ ⎤= −⎣ ⎦∫
18
Electron Concentration in 3D solids
( ) ( )= ∫top
c
E
cEn g E f E dE
( )( )2 3
2 122 1 βπ −
−= ×
+∫top
F
* *E n n C
E EE
m m E EdE( )2 1 βπ +∫ FcE e
( )2 1∞ −∫
*Cn
*nm m
dEE E
( ) ( )2 3 1 β βπ − −+∫ c Fc cE E EE E dEe e
( ) ( )1 22 η η β= ≡ −FC CF EN E
3 22 * dmπ β ξ ξ∞⎛ ⎞
( ) ( )1 2 η η βπ c c FC CF EN E
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( )2 1 20 1
22 nC
dF
emNh ξ η
π β ξ ξη −=
⎛ ⎞≡ ⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠ +∫
Boltzmann vs. Fermi‐Dirac Statistics
( ) ( )1 22 3ηη η βπ
= → − ≡ − >cC c C c C Fn N F N e if E E
ηce( )ηF
( ) ( )f
( )1 2 ηcF
( ) ( )cg E f E
( ) ( )1g E f Eυ ⎡ ⎤−⎣ ⎦FE
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Effective Density of States
( )2 E Eβ( ) ( )1 2
2 3c FE EC c C c Fn N F N e if E Eβη β
π− −= → − >
( ) ( )fCN
( ) ( )cg E f E
( ) ( )1g E f Eυ ⎡ ⎤−⎣ ⎦ VNFE
FE
V
As if all states are at a single level E
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As if all states are at a single level EC
Law of Mass‐Action
( )β− −= c FE En N e
( )β+
= C
E E
n N e
( )β+ −= v FE EVp N e
FE
( )β
β
− −× = c vE EC V
E
n p N N eβ−= gE
C VN N e
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Fermi‐Level for Intrinsic Semiconductors
2 β
= = i
E
p nn
2βEFE
2 β−= gV
Ei C Nn eN
2β−=
≡
gEi
F
V
i
Cn eE
NE
N≡F iE E
( ) ( )β β− − + −= ⇒ =c i v iE E E En p e eNN E
12 2β
= ⇒ =
= +Gi
V
VCn p e eEE ln
NN
N
N
3
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2 2β CNk
2
Conclusions
We discussed how electrons are distributed in electronic states defined by the solution of Schrodinger equationstates defined by the solution of Schrodinger equation.
Since electrons are distributed according to their energy,irrespective of their momentum states, the previously developed concepts of constant energy surfaces, density of states etc. turn out to be very useful.y
We still do not know where EF is for general semiconductors … If we did we could calculate electron concentrationIf we did, we could calculate electron concentration.
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