Energy Bands
is any lattice vector. This type of waves are known as the Bloch wave. They have some nice properties The plane waves are a special type of Bloch waves with the function uHxL = constant. 51 The Bloch wave is NOT an eigenstate of the momentum operator. In other words, it doesn't have a welldefined momentum (unless uHxL = constant). However, the parameter k fi in the Bloch wave ...