8.1 SEMICLASSICAL MODEL We determined in Chapter 4 (Eq. 4.45) that the eigenfunction of the Hamiltonian of an electron moving in a crystalline solid with a periodic potential VðrÞ is a Bloch function ψ nk ðrÞ that can be expressed as .
ψ nk ðrÞ = eik r unk ðrÞ,
(8.1)
where unk ðrÞ is the periodic part of the Bloch function. Here, n is a band index, k is a vector in the first Brillouin zone in the restricted zone scheme but extends to infinity in the periodic zone scheme, and unk ðrÞ has the unique property that it remains unchanged when translated by any direct lattice vector Ri (Eq. 4.46), i.e., unk ðr + Ri Þ = unk ðrÞ: