<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Users,<br><br></div>I am trying to perform berry phase calculations on pristine as well as doped BaTiO3 (<span class=""><span></span></span>tetragonal). I get reasonable results for the value of polarization for pristine BaTiO3. <br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> SUMMARY OF PHASES<br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br> Ionic Phase: -0.12600 (mod 2)<br> Electronic Phase: 0.40671 (mod 2)<br> TOTAL PHASE: 0.28071 (mod 2)<br><br><br> VALUES OF POLARIZATION<br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br> The calculation of phases done along the direction of vector 3<br> of the reciprocal lattice gives the following contribution to<br> the polarization vector (in different units, and being Omega<br> the volume of the unit cell):<br><br> P = 2.1352035 (mod 15.2130988) (e/Omega).bohr<br><br> P = 0.0049373 (mod 0.0351775) e/bohr^2<br><br> P = 0.2822719 (mod 2.0111573) C/m^2<br><br> The polarization direction is: ( 0.00000 , 0.00000 , 1.00000 )</span><br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>But in case of doped BaTiO3, I get negative value of polarization. I used a 2x2x3 supercell for these calculations.<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br> SUMMARY OF PHASES<br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br> Ionic Phase: -0.50398 (mod 2)<br> Electronic Phase: -0.37438 (mod 2)<br> TOTAL PHASE: -0.87836 (mod 2)<br><br><br> VALUES OF POLARIZATION<br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br> The calculation of phases done along the direction of vector 3<br> of the reciprocal lattice gives the following contribution to<br> the polarization vector (in different units, and being Omega<br> the volume of the unit cell):<br><br> P = -19.9950561 (mod 45.5280337) (e/Omega).bohr<br><br> P = -0.0038804 (mod 0.0088355) e/bohr^2<br><br> P = -0.2218486 (mod 0.5051413) C/m^2<br><br> The polarization direction is: ( 0.00000 , 0.00000 , 1.00000 )<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><div>I also tried using a finer k-mesh, but landed up with the same value of polarization. Does the negative polarization have any physical meaning or is it a numerical error? <br><br></div><div>Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.<br><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div>DS.<div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature">Deepashri Saraf<br></div><div class="gmail_signature">PhD Student<br></div><div class="gmail_signature">Department of Physics, SPPU<br></div><div class="gmail_signature">Pune (India)<br></div></div></div>
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