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Excursion amplitude of a Bloch-oscillating wavepacket

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For ϵ(k)=ϵ0​−2Jcoska and electron force −eE, k(t)=k0​−eEt/ℏ. Integrating the group velocity gives x(t)−x(0)=2J[cos(k0​a−ωB​t)−cos(k0​a)]/(eE), with ωB​=eEa/ℏ for positive E. The amplitude about the mean is 2∣J∣/(e∣E∣) and the peak-to-peak extent is twice that.

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  • Past exam of the quantum condensed matter course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / Paper 1 / 2 / c / Solution

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