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<p>Dear Clarence,</p>
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<p>Before continuing using turboTDDFT, I strongly recommend to read (at least) these two publications:</p>
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<p>1. turboTDDFT – A code for the simulation of molecular spectra using the Liouville–Lanczos approach<br>
to time-dependent density-functional perturbation theory Original Research Article<br>
Authors: Osman Baris Malcioglu, Ralph Gebauer, Dario Rocca, Stefano Baroni<br>
Source: Computer Physics Communications Volume: 182 Article Number: 1744 Published: APR 2011<br>
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2. turboTDDFT 2.0 - Hybrid functionals and new algorithms within time-dependent<br>
density-functional perturbation theory<br>
Authors: X. Ge, S. J. Binnie, D. Rocca, R. Gebauer, and S. Baroni<br>
Source: Computer Physics Communications Volume: 185 Article Number: 2080 Published: MAR 2014</p>
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<p>The full list of publications about the TDDFPT module of Quantum ESPRESSO can be found in qe/TDDFPT/README.<br>
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<p>The 3x3 matrix chi_i_j is the polarizability (i and j run over the Cartesian components x, y, z, which in the plot_chi.dat file correspond to 1, 2, 3, respectively) - see Eq.(5) in the first reference mentioned above. In the file *.plot_chi.dat in the header
you can see what is the meaning of each column, i.e.:</p>
<p>second column - energy \hbar \omega (Ry)</p>
<p>third column - real part of the polarizability Re(chi)</p>
<p>fourth column - imaginary part of the polarizability Im(chi) <br>
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<p>In the same plot_chi.dat file, there is also the information (only if you performed Lanczos calculations along three Cartesian directions, i.e. ipol=4 - see the first reference above) about S(E) (second column) as a function of the energy (first column),
which is the oscillator strength (the absorption coefficient). It is defined as (see the output file produced by turbo_spectrum.x, i.e. *.tddfpt_pp-out):</p>
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<p>S(\hbar \omega) = 2m/( 3 \pi e^2 \hbar) \omega sum_j chi_j_j</p>
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<p>HTH</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Iurii<br>
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<p>Dear QE users,</p>
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<p>Now, I use the turbo_lanczos.x and turbo_spectrum to get the <span>absorption spectrum.</span></p>
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<p>I can get a plot_chi.dat file, as follow:</p>
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<div>#Chi is reported as CHI_(i)_(j) \hbar \omega (Ry) Re(chi) (e^2*a_0^2/Ry) Im(chi) (e^2*a_0^2/Ry) </div>
<div># S(E) satisfies the sum rule </div>
<div> chi_1_1= 0.000000000000000E+00 0.189914943334197E+04 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
<div> chi_2_1= 0.000000000000000E+00 -.949575309581559E+03 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
<div> chi_3_1= 0.000000000000000E+00 -.843216803071169E-03 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
<div> chi_1_2= 0.000000000000000E+00 -.949574977107089E+03 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
<div> chi_2_2= 0.000000000000000E+00 0.189915026381885E+04 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
<div> chi_3_2= 0.000000000000000E+00 0.110034487599961E-03 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
<div> chi_1_3= 0.000000000000000E+00 -.838178086194996E-03 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
<div> chi_2_3= 0.000000000000000E+00 0.109036445082823E-03 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
<div> chi_3_3= 0.000000000000000E+00 0.153710402502629E+03 0.000000000000000E+00</div>
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<p>What is meaning of each row and how can I get the absorption coefficients?</p>
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<p>Many thanks.</p>
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<p>Clarence</p>
<p>City University of Hong Kong</p>
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