<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi, <br><br>I am computing the dielectric funciton of a cubic material (CdTe). <br></div>I am surprised that the to see a result like this the dielectric tensor below: <br><br># mode [cm-1] [THz] IR<br> 1 0.00 0.0000 0.0000<br> 2 0.00 0.0000 0.0000<br> 3 0.00 0.0000 0.0000<br> 4 133.01 3.9875 2.3657<br> 5 133.01 3.9875 2.3657<br> 6 154.23 4.6238 2.3657<br><br>Electronic dielectric permittivity tensor (F/m units)<br> 11.387818 0.000000 -0.000000<br> 0.000000 11.387818 -0.000000<br> 0.000000 0.000000 11.387818<br><br> ... with zone-center polar mode contributions<br></div> 14.306543 0.000000 -0.000000 (HERE IS ACKWARD)<br><div> 0.000000 15.312431 -0.000000<br> -0.000000 -0.000000 15.312431<br><br><div>I (guess that) undertand the first tensor above as \epsilon_{\infty}, and the second tensor as \epsilon_0. Why is the first component 14.3 different from the others 15.31, shouldn't it be a diagonal tensor ? 15.31 is consistent with epsilon_infty and the Lyddane-Sachs-Teller formula. <br><br></div><div><div>Well, I set q(1)=1, q(2)=0,q(3)=0, so I guess the component 11 is a longitudinal dielectric constant. I see that changing the vector q also change the tensor However, I think that for an LO phonon the electric displacement is 0, so is null the longitudinal dielectric constant. <br><br></div><div>Sorry, I did never see this in textbooks. Finally, and practically, if 14.3 is a longitudinal dielectric constant, is this the dielectric constant that screens a static constant electric field ? <br><br></div><div>Thank you, <br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">
<div>Eduardo Menendez Proupin<br>Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile <br>URL: <a href="http://www.gnm.cl/emenendez" target="_blank">http://www.gnm.cl/emenendez</a></div><div><br></div><div>
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