[Pw_forum] The symmetry of bands

程迎春 yccheng.nju at gmail.com
Fri Apr 3 14:16:53 CEST 2009


Dear dalcorso,
      Thank you for your detailed reply.  The initial output I posted is not
consistent with your output because I changed the
"starting_magnetization=0.00," to 0.01. Though the energy is the same, the
symmetry is different. I recalculate it with "starting_magnetization=0.00,"
and the output is same as your output.

       In addition, I want to know how to calculate the exciton energy level
? Is that possible in recent pwscf?
2009/4/3 Dal Corso Andrea <dalcorso at sissa.it>

>
> On my PC, with your input I obtain:
>
>  &plot nbnd=  30, nks=   1 /
>            0.000000  0.000000  0.000000
>  -8.070  -8.070  -5.968  -5.968   1.092   1.092   6.154   6.154   6.169
> 6.169
>   6.802   6.802   6.816   6.816   7.016   7.016  11.136  11.136  13.603
> 13.603
>  17.514  17.514  18.094  18.094  18.118  18.118  19.967  19.967  20.042
> 20.042
>
> That compare quite well with your bands:
>
>  &plot nbnd=  30, nks=   1 /
>            0.000000  0.000000  0.000000
>  -8.070  -8.070  -5.968  -5.968   1.092   1.092   6.154   6.154   6.169
> 6.169
>   6.803   6.803   6.816   6.816   7.015   7.015  11.136  11.136  13.603
> 13.603
>  17.513  17.513  18.094  18.094  18.118  18.118  19.967  19.967  20.042
> 20.042
>
> The output of bands.x says that the code is using the group C_6v
> to classify the bands
>
>                   xk=(   0.00000,   0.00000,   0.00000  )
>
>     double point group C_6v (6mm)
>     there are  9 classes and  3 irreducible representations
>     the character table:
>
>       E     -E     C2    2C3  -2C3   2C6  -2C6   3s_v  3s_d
>                   -C2                           -3s_v -3s_d
> G_7    2.00 -2.00  0.00  1.00 -1.00  1.73 -1.73  0.00  0.00
> G_8    2.00 -2.00  0.00  1.00 -1.00 -1.73  1.73  0.00  0.00
> G_9    2.00 -2.00  0.00 -2.00  2.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
>
> That has only three representations. An actally the .rap file contains
> only 1 2 or 3:
>
>  &plot_rap nbnd_rap=  30, nks_rap=   1 /
>            0.000000  0.000000  0.000000    T
>       1       1       2       2       2       2       2       2       3
> 3
>       1       1       3       3       1       1       1       1       2
> 2
>       2       2       1       1       3       3       1       1       2
> 2
>
> So the two bands 11-12 at 6.803 are 1 -> Gamma_7, the two bands 13-14 at
> 6.816 are 3-> \Gamma_9 and
> the two bands 15-16 7.015 are 1 -> \Gamma_7. The splitting is 13 meV and
> 0.199 meV in reasonable agreement with the APL that you mention.
>
> It seems that you have the correct bands but bands.x is not using C_6v
> to classify the bands.
> Which is the output of bands.x?
>
> Andrea
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 11:10 +0800, 程迎春 wrote:
> > Dear pwscf users,
> >         I calculated band structure of  AlN considering spin-orbital
> > interaction.  Some published reports showed that considering
> > spin-orbital interaction the top of valence band is split into the
> > Gamma7, Gamma9 and Gamma7 states by crystal field and spin-orbital
> > coupling (Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 5163).  However, my calculated band
> > structure is different from the published one.  The following is the
> > input files:
> > scf.in
> > &control
> >                     title = 2h_aln,
> >                       prefix = '2h_band',
> >                  calculation = 'scf' ,
> >                 restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,
> >                   wf_collect = .false. ,
> >                       outdir = './' ,
> >                       wfcdir = './' ,
> >                   pseudo_dir = './' ,
> >                      tstress = .true. ,
> >                      tprnfor = .true. ,
> >                    wf_collect = .true. ,
> >  /
> >  &SYSTEM
> >                        ibrav = 4,
> >                    celldm(1) = 5.904838149212,
> >                    celldm(3) = 1.603024550651,
> >                          nat = 4,
> >                         ntyp = 2,
> >                      ecutwfc = 80,
> >                        nosym = .false. ,
> >                      lspinorb = .true.,
> >                      noncolin= .true.,
> >                    starting_magnetization=0.00,
> >  /
> >  &ELECTRONS
> >             electron_maxstep = 100,
> >                     conv_thr = 1.D-12,
> >  /
> > ATOMIC_SPECIES
> >     N   14.00700  N.rel-pbe-rrkjus.UPF
> >    Al   26.98200  Al.rel-pbe-rrkj.UPF
> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)
> > N        0.333333333   0.666666667   0.379371803
> > N        0.666666667   0.333333333   0.879371803
> > Al       0.333333333   0.666666667  -0.002269507
> > Al       0.666666667   0.333333333   0.497730493
> > K_POINTS automatic
> >   4 4 4   1 1 1
> > band.in
> > &control
> >                       title = 2h_aln,
> >                       prefix = '2h_band',
> >                  calculation = 'bands' ,
> >                 restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,
> >                   wf_collect = .false. ,
> >                       outdir = './' ,
> >                       wfcdir = './' ,
> >                   pseudo_dir = './' ,
> >  /
> >  &SYSTEM
> >                        ibrav = 4,
> >                    celldm(1) = 5.904838149212,
> >                    celldm(3) = 1.603024550651,
> >                          nat = 4,
> >                         ntyp = 2,
> >                      ecutwfc = 80,
> >                      occupations='fixed',
> >                      nbnd=30,
> >                          lspinorb = .true.,
> >                      noncolin= .true.,
> >                    starting_magnetization=0.00,
> >  /
> >  &ELECTRONS
> >             electron_maxstep = 100,
> >                     conv_thr = 1.D-12,
> >  /
> > ATOMIC_SPECIES
> >     N   14.00700  N.rel-pbe-rrkjus.UPF
> >    Al   26.98200  Al.rel-pbe-rrkj.UPF
> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)
> > N        0.333333333   0.666666667   0.379371803
> > N        0.666666667   0.333333333   0.879371803
> > Al       0.333333333   0.666666667  -0.002269507
> > Al       0.666666667   0.333333333   0.497730493
> > K_POINTS
> >          1
> >   0.000000  0.000000  0.000000  1.00
> >
> > bands.in for bands.x to get band symmetry information
> >
> > &inputpp
> > prefix='2h_band'
> > outdir='./'
> > filband='spin.dat'
> > lsigma(3)=.true.
> > lsym=.true.
> > /
> > The calculated results of the band structure at Gamma point is as
> > following:
> > spin.dat:
> >  &plot nbnd=  30, nks=   1 /
> >             0.000000  0.000000  0.000000
> >   -8.070  -8.070  -5.968  -5.968   1.092   1.092   6.154   6.154
> > 6.169   6.169
> >    6.803   6.803   6.816   6.816   7.015   7.015  11.136  11.136
> > 13.603  13.603
> >   17.513  17.513  18.094  18.094  18.118  18.118  19.967  19.967
> > 20.042  20.042
> >
> > spin.dat.rap:
> >  &plot_rap nbnd_rap=  30, nks_rap=   1 /
> >             0.000000  0.000000  0.000000    T
> >        1       2       5       6       5       6       5       6
> > 3       4
> >        1       2       3       4       1       2       1       2
> > 5       6
> >        5       6       1       2       3       4       1       2
> > 5       6
> >
> > My questions are:
> > 1. Why the calculated top of valence bands (15th, and 16th ) do not
> > split as reported work (Appl. Phys. Lett.83,5163)?
> > 2. In the spin.dat.rap file, what does the symbol "T" stand for?  And
> > what does the "1       2       5       6       5       6       5  ..."
> > mean?
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
> >
> > --
> > Y. C. Cheng
> > Department of Physics
> > Nanjing University
> > Nanjing 210093
> > P. R. China
> > Tel: 86-25-83592907
> > Email: yccheng.nju at gmail.com
> >
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Y. C. Cheng
Department of Physics
Nanjing University
Nanjing 210093
P. R. China
Tel: 86-25-83592907
Email: yccheng.nju at gmail.com
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