English Explanatory Dictionary

Bloch wave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of wavefunction for a particle in a periodically repeating environment, most commonly an electron in a crystal.

Word forms

Bloch wave Bloch waves

Etymology

Named after the physicist Felix Bloch.

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