[Wannier] Wannier Digest, Vol 151, Issue 4

Xiangru Kong kongxru at gmail.com
Fri Aug 21 21:47:48 CEST 2020


Hi Jae-Mo Lihm,

Thank you very much. It really does help.

Xiangru

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> Hi Lorenzo,
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> Thanks. Does the sign of value in xsf file that make the plotting in
> different color have some physical meaning?
>
> Xiangru
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> > Subject: Re: [Wannier] Is the phase of Wannier functions for plotting
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> > Dear Xiangru Kong,
> > Wannier functions can be chosen to be real, and this exactly what the
> > Wanier90 code does.
> >
> > kind regards
> >
> > On 8/16/20 4:52 AM, Xiangru Kong wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I was trying to plot Wannier functions using Wannier90V1.2?+ VASP.
> > > There are two Ru atoms in the supercell.
> > > Using num_iter=0, dis_num_iter=1000 and a frozen?window for plotting
> the
> > > Wannier function?in xsf format files.
> > >
> > > The band structures fit good with DFT, however the plotting phase of
> dyz
> > > orbitals on the?two Ru atoms are the opposite (opposite colors
> > > arrangement when plotted with VESTA)
> > >
> > > So the question is that does wannier90 generates Wannier functions with
> > > random phase? Does this affect the hopping terms in Wannier90_hr.dat?
> > >
> > >
> > > Xiangru Kong
> > > Postdoc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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> From: Lorenzo Paulatto <paulatz at gmail.com>
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> > Thanks. Does the sign of value in xsf file that make the plotting in
> > different color have some physical meaning?
> >
>
> I would say that, in general, wavefunctions do not have any physical
> meaning. Their square modulus that is a probability density, but I guess
> you know this already.
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> cheers
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> Lorenzo Paulatto - Paris
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> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:40:54 +0900
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> Dear Xiangru Kong,
>
> In addition to what has been said, also note that in Wannier90, the global
> phase of the plotted Wannier functions is different from the phase of the
> actual WFs (i.e. those used to compute matrix elements). For real-valued
> WFs, the sign can be different.
> See lines 1201-1219 of plot.F90:
> https://github.com/wannier-developers/wannier90/blob/develop/src/plot.F90
>
> You can try commenting out the line "wann_func(:, :, :, loop_w) =
> wann_func(:, :, :, loop_w)/wmod" to see whether the "actual" WFs have the
> same phase.
>
> Regards,
> Jae-Mo Lihm
> Seoul National University
>
> 2020? 8? 18? (?) ?? 6:23, Xiangru Kong <kongxru at gmail.com>?? ??:
>
> > Hi Lorenzo,
> >
> > Thanks. Does the sign of value in xsf file that make the plotting in
> > different color have some physical meaning?
> >
> > Xiangru
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 6:00 AM <
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> >>    1. Re: Is the phase of Wannier functions for plotting random?
> >>       (Lorenzo Paulatto)
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> >> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:57:17 +0200
> >> From: Lorenzo Paulatto <paulatz at gmail.com>
> >> To: wannier at lists.quantum-espresso.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Wannier] Is the phase of Wannier functions for plotting
> >>         random?
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> >> Dear Xiangru Kong,
> >> Wannier functions can be chosen to be real, and this exactly what the
> >> Wanier90 code does.
> >>
> >> kind regards
> >>
> >> On 8/16/20 4:52 AM, Xiangru Kong wrote:
> >> > Hi All,
> >> >
> >> > I was trying to plot Wannier functions using Wannier90V1.2?+ VASP.
> >> > There are two Ru atoms in the supercell.
> >> > Using num_iter=0, dis_num_iter=1000 and a frozen?window for plotting
> >> the
> >> > Wannier function?in xsf format files.
> >> >
> >> > The band structures fit good with DFT, however the plotting phase of
> >> dyz
> >> > orbitals on the?two Ru atoms are the opposite (opposite colors
> >> > arrangement when plotted with VESTA)
> >> >
> >> > So the question is that does wannier90 generates Wannier functions
> with
> >> > random phase? Does this affect the hopping terms in Wannier90_hr.dat?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Xiangru Kong
> >> > Postdoc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> --
> >> Lorenzo Paulatto - Paris
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