Abstract
If, in an -dimensional crystal, the structure of a simple () or complex () energy band fulfills proper symmetry conditions, the band can be spanned by a set of Wannier functions and, in many cases, the following statements can be established. (1) There exists a set of Bloch waves () or quasi Bloch waves () which are periodic and analytic functions of the complex wave vector in a domain of the complex K space defined by an equation of the form where is a positive constant. (2) The corresponding Wannier functions fall off exponentially at infinity.
- Received 16 March 1964
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.135.A698
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