Questions tagged [optical-properties]
Questions about optical properties.
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Weighted average optical spectra in VASP
I am working on a 2D system where geometric and magnetic isomers are energetically very close to each other (orders of meV). I am interested in optical absorbance spectra using GW+BSE approach but I ...
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Query about optical data extraction using Vaspkit
Recently I tried to extract the optical absorption data using Vaspkit (vaspkit.1.3.0/vaspkit.1.3.5]). I performed the optical calculations of one 2d system along with SOC using VASP. While extracting ...
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Which component of the dielectric tensor is used in generating EELS in TDDFT?
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) comes from the imaginary part of the inverse dielectric function $-\text{Im}[\varepsilon^{-1}(q, \omega)]$. If the dielectric function is actually a tensor and ...
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Why my values of dielectric function don't match litterature (For Yambo with Quantum ESPRESSO)?
I try to reproduce the dielectric function as the picture bellow using Yambo code but the values that I have found in y-axis are so much bigger [-1000,1500] compared to literature. I generated the scf ...
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How to plot the dielectric function calculated with Yambo?
I want to calculate the optical properties using Yambo.
I used Quantum ESPRESSO 7.0 with Yambo 5.1.0, but I'm facing an issue. When I generate the dielectric function (o.eps_q1_ip) for example the o....
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Would it be appropriate to use a Van der Waals-DFT approximation in Quantum ESPRESSO to study the properties of my material (p-type semiconductor)?
I want to study the structural, optical, electronic and transport properties of my material that contains Cu atoms using Quantum ESPRESSO. I tried so many approximations but every time I face an issue ...
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Why does my zincblende structure not look cubic?
The structure of my material is zincblende. So normally the structure is cubic. However, when I open the primitive cell with xcrysden it dosen't look 100% cubic. It's a little bit inclined. Also when ...
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Absorption spectra with Gaussian
I want to calculate the absorption spectra of molecules (and possibly ions) with TD-DFT.
I have used Gaussian in the past and, to my knowledge, the application of TD-DFT is implemented in this code. ...
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Which Exchange Correlational Functional should be chosen for calculation of optical properties in VASP using LOPTICS tag?
I am planning on calculating optical properties mainly dielectric constant using LOPTICS tag in VASP. Now for my electronic calculations I have been using HSE06 mainly because of higher accuracy of ...
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Optical Band gap determination from absorption coeffecient using DFT
I am currently working with a perovskite material which shows forbidden transitions. Older studies used bigger values of $\alpha$ in HSE06 calcualtions(to match with experimental Band Gap) but a ...
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Studying computing on HSE06 in VASP
I optimized the structure in PBE. Can anyone help me with HSE06 to calculate the optics and DOS of the material from this step? I would be grateful if you could write step by step.
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Query about optical absorption spectra
I have one query about data obtained in the optical calculation (absorption coefficient) using GGA. The output came in the format energy xx yy zz xy yz zx for bulk system. I have seen in the ...
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Information on the PBC TDDFT implementation in PySCF
I recently found out that PySCF can perform gamma point TDDFT for solids (PBC).
The results obtained thus far seem reasonable. For example, if I place a molecule in a supercell with a large vacuum ...
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Optical Property calculation in VASP using HSE [closed]
I have calculated frequency-dependent dielectric constant in VASP using PBE exchange-correlation functional, within the framework of Independent particle approximation (with RPA). I want to perform ...
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Evaluating absorption coefficient using VASPKIT for nanostructures (specifically quantum dots)
I was planning to use VASPKIT in order to determine the linear optical properties of my nanostructure. But upon running VASPKIT, I do not see an option for 0D materials but only for 2D and bulk.
Is ...
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Optical spectra beyond electric dipole approximation
I'm wondering what are the typical examples (experiments) for magnetic dipole transitions and electric quadrupole transitions in crystals?
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Optical properties without LOPTICS tag
I have performed some calculations for a 2D-monolayer using VASP.
I run DOS calculations without LOPTICS = .TRUE.
I found that ...
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Can the color of gold metal be reproduced by modeling only the conduction electron band structure, or do atomic absorption lines contribute?
@JohnCuster's answer to Why is gold golden? is based on the band structure of the delocalized conduction electrons in gold, whereas other answers there tend to support the "Gold is gold due to ...
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Why is there a large discrepancy between calculated frequency dependent dielectric function and experimental measurement?
I am calculating the frequency dependent dielectric function of $\ce{SiC}$ using VASP. After a geometry optimization, the INCAR file below is used for the ...
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Optical anisotropy from first-principles
I am interested in the theoretical study of optical anisotropy (birefringence, dichroism etc.) of different materials. I have seen DFT works studying optical anisotropy from the calculation of ...
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Why can't we change the spin angular momentum of electrons with an external optical field?
I have read this paper many times: Coupled Spin and Valley Physics in Monolayers of MoS2 and Other Group-VI Dichalcogenides. Interestingly, this paper is also discussed many times in this community, ...
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DFT optical calculation and plotting for real and imaginary permittivity in VASP?
I have calculated Frequency dependent optical permittivity of Au using (VASP) my INCAR tag includes LOPTICS=.TURE., my OUTCAR ...
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A good software for DFT optimization and nonlinear optical properties
I'm running a series of calculation for nonlinear chromophores. The general pipeline is geometry optimization (B3LYP/def2-TZVP) -> Frequencies -> Hyperpolarizability calculation (M06-2X (or CAM-...
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Why linear response is absent in a non-centrosymmetric system with time reversal symmetry?
In this paper, it is mentioned that a non-centrosymmetric system with time-reversal symmetry doesn't have a linear response. It is actually a consequence of the Onsager reciprocal theorem.
But I didn'...
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Calculating hyperpolarizability in NWChem
I'm trying to make a pipeline geometry optimization -> calculation of polarizability/hyperpolarizability. And NWChem seems pretty good for it, the only thing I can't understand its how to calculate ...
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How can we make a mechanically unstable cubic system, stable
I have to calculate the elastic constants of a Cubic system using a Density functional theory-based software. A cubic system will be mechanically stable if it satisfies the Born-stability condition (...
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How to start with the optical properties of 2D materials with the VASP code?
I hope you are doing well. I am new to VASP, and my project is "Optical properties of 2D materials on VASP" but I have no idea how to run a simple calculation with VASP. I will be very ...
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Are there any other options beyond increasing the k-sampling and the number of unoccupied bands, to achieve better results?
I am trying to determine the optical properties of bulk Aluminium and related alloys using Quantum ESPRESSO. I am using both the epsilon.x and the simple.x modules to get wavelength-dependent ...
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How to implement scissor-correction in VASP to study optical properties?
It is mentioned here that
It is possible to correct for the DFT band gap error by introducing an empirical scissors correction, which is effectively a rigid shift of the conduction band with respect ...
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