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Past exam of the quantum condensed matter course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Section B 6 a Solution by
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Write and take , , so the p side is . In the depletion approximation, mobile Electrons and electron holes are negligible compared with the fixed ionized dopants. Their charge density isApplying Poisson equation givesOutside the depletion region, mobile carriers approximately neutralize the dopants, so and . Full dopant ionization alone does not remove the mobile-carrier charge: the result also requires the depletion approximation.
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