Class EffectiveMass

java.lang.Object
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class EffectiveMass

extends java.lang.Object

implements Solvable

Calculates effective mass of an electron, given an energy-momentum model (such as the KronigPenny model).

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Field Summary

protected Solvable

energyMomentum The energy-momentum model

Constructor Summary

EffectiveMass(Solvable energyMomentum)
Creates a new effective mass calculator

Method Summary

void	solve(double x0, double step, double[] vals) Requests that the supplied array be filled with solution data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

energyMomentum

protected Solvable energyMomentum

The energy-momentum model

Constructor Detail

EffectiveMass

public EffectiveMass(Solvable energyMomentum)

Creates a new effective mass calculator

Parameters:

energyMomentum - The energy-momentum model

Method Detail

solve

public void solve(double x0,
                  double step,
                  double[] vals)

Description copied from interface: Solvable

Requests that the supplied array be filled with solution data. The nth element of the array should be the solution at x = x0 + step*n.

Specified by:

solve in interface Solvable

Tags copied from interface: Solvable

Parameters:

x0 - The initial x-value

step - The increment to be applied to x0

vals - The array which will hold the solution data