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The document defines density of states as the number of allowed electron or hole states per unit volume at a given energy. It further defines it as the number of different states at a particular energy level that electrons are allowed to occupy per unit volume per unit energy. The density of states calculation allows one to determine the general distribution of states as a function of energy and the spacing between energy bands in semiconductors. It is important for the kinetic theory of solids and determines bulk properties such as specific heat and paramagnetic susceptibility.

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Density of States Final PDF

The document defines density of states as the number of allowed electron or hole states per unit volume at a given energy. It further defines it as the number of different states at a particular energy level that electrons are allowed to occupy per unit volume per unit energy. The density of states calculation allows one to determine the general distribution of states as a function of energy and the spacing between energy bands in semiconductors. It is important for the kinetic theory of solids and determines bulk properties such as specific heat and paramagnetic susceptibility.

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Dr. Vishnu Awasthi


Density of States
Density: Per unit volume.
State: Allowed solution which satisfy the boundary condition.

Definition 1: The density of states gives the number of allowed electron (or hole) states
per volume at a given energy.

Definition 2: The density of states (DOS) is essentially the number of different states at
a particular energy level that electrons are allowed to occupy, i.e. the number of
electron states per unit volume per unit energy.

DOS calculations allow one to determine the general distribution of states as a


function of energy and can also determine the spacing between energy bands in
semi-conductors . Derivation of density of states can be derived from basic
quantum mechanics.

Applications:
 The density of states plays an important role in the kinetic theory of solids.
 The product of the density of states and the probability distribution function is the
number of occupied states per unit volume at a given energy.
 Bulk properties such as specific heat, paramagnetic susceptibility, and other
transport phenomena of conductive solids depend on this function.
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