vibrational dispersion relations, and band structure for chalcopyrite and related compounds.
The essential step in this procedure is the “folding” of the dispersion relations [ω (k) or E (k)]
for the simplest structure into the smaller Brillouin zone of the more complicated one. In one-
dimensional models, such folding is trivial enough and is discussed in relation to the nearly
free electron approximation, Peierls instability, and so on. In three dimensions, it is more …