<div>Yes, you are right. The numbers with units /cm are wavenumbers (nu-bar). </div>
<div>Frequency, nu (/s) = c (cm/s) * nu-bar (/cm)</div>
<div>Lamda (cm) = 1/nu-bar (/cm)</div>
<div>Energy = hbar (energy-s) * nu (/s)</div>
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<div>Saurabh Bajaj</div>
<div>California Institute of Technology<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Johannes Moeller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.moeller1@physics.ox.ac.uk" target="_blank">j.moeller1@physics.ox.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>A quick question about the definition of the phonon frequency omega. Is the omega output by Espresso an angular or a linear frequency (omega/2pi)? I.e. is this converted into an energy by multiplying by hbar or h? </div>
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<div>Comparing simple vibrational modes of molecules (eg. of CO2) in cm^-1 to experimental values gives good agreement with experimental data, which are usually referred to as a liner frequency nu or 1/lambda rather than an angular frequency omega. This suggests that the value that Espresso outputs is nu and not omega(2pi*nu) as the name implies? </div>
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<div>The values output by Espresso in THz and cm^-1 seem to be related simply by a factor of c (no factors of 2pi). I'm using QE 5.01 but I don't think this is version specific. </div>
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<div>Many thanks,</div>
<div>Johannes</div><br>
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