Chapter 1: Q86E (page 1)

Prove that fur any sine function $s i n (k x + ϕ)$ of wavelength shorter than 2a, where ais the atomic spacing. there is a sine function with a wavelength longer than 2a that has the same values at the points x = a , 2a , 3a . and so on. (Note: It is probably easier to work with wave number than with wavelength. We sick to show that for every wave number greater than there is an equivalent less than $π / a$ .)

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It is proved that there is a sine function with a wavelength less than 2a.

Step by step solution

Sum of angle and expression for θ:

The atomic spacing is a.

The expression of sum of angles is given by,

$θ_{1} + θ_{2} = n π$

The expression for is given by,

$θ = k x + ϕ$

Determine sum of angles:

The expression of sum of angles is calculated as,

$θ_{1} + θ_{2} = n π n (k_{1} x + ϕ) + (k_{2} x + ϕ) = n π n k_{1} x + k_{2} x + 2 ϕ = n π n . . . . . . . . . . (1)$

For

$\begin{array}{rcl} (\frac{π}{a}) (n a) + ϕ & = & \frac{n π}{2} ϕ \\ = & \frac{n π}{2} - n π \\ = & - \frac{n π}{2} \end{array}$

solve further:

Substitute $\begin{array}{rcl} - \frac{n π}{2} \end{array}$ for $ϕ$ in equation (1).

$\begin{array}{rcl} (k_{1} + k_{2}) x + 2 (- \frac{n π}{2}) & = & n π \\ (k_{1} + k_{2}) (na) & = & 2 nπ \\ k_{1} + k_{2} & = & \frac{2 π}{a} \\ k_{1} & = & \frac{2 π}{a} - k_{2} \end{array}$

Now since,

$k_{1} > \frac{π}{a}, \frac{2 π}{a} - k_{2} > \frac{π}{a}, k_{2} < \frac{π}{a}$

Therefore, it is proved that there is sine function with wavelength less than 2a.

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