[Wien] Obtaining the Reference Energy for Calculated Band Structure
Craig Plaisance
cplais2 at lsu.edu
Tue Jul 19 21:05:49 CEST 2005
I know that Wien references all calculated energy levels to the average
lattice potential, but is there a way that I can obtain this average
lattice potential relative to the lattice continuum threshhold (the
potential at infinite distance from the crystal plus the surface
potential barrier). I am probably not explaining this well, so I will
elaborate by giving an example of why I want this information. Suppose
I have a lattice for which I have calculated the band structure using
Wien and I want to compare this bandstructure to the atomic energy
levels of a dopant atom (which are calculated relative to the potential
at infinite distance from the atom using a package such as Gaussian).
In order to make this comparison, I need to shift the lattice energy
levels by an appropriate amount so that they have the same reference as
the atomic levels. How do I get the value for the energy shift? Thanks.
Craig Plaisance
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
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