[Wien] How to resolve the large charge fluctuation problem inheterojunction calculation

liyh lyhua at fudan.edu.cn
Thu Apr 6 09:06:38 CEST 2006


Dear Blaha,

      I have recalculated it and use the default parameters. But I still meet the ghost band problem.
Maybe it come from the large charge transfer? Then how to resolve it?


          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 1       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -1.1400   E(BOTTOM)=   -2.560   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 2       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -1.8000   E(BOTTOM)=   -4.410   E(TOP)=    0.810
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 3       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -2.8600   E(BOTTOM)=   -5.470   E(TOP)=   -0.250
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 4       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -2.9500   E(BOTTOM)=   -5.560   E(TOP)=   -0.340
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 5       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -2.4400   E(BOTTOM)=   -5.050   E(TOP)=    0.170
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 6       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -1.3900   E(BOTTOM)=   -4.000   E(TOP)=    1.220
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 7       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -1.1400   E(BOTTOM)=   -2.250   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 8       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -0.3900   E(BOTTOM)=   -0.390   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 9       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=    0.6700   E(BOTTOM)=    0.670   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 10      
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=    0.7600   E(BOTTOM)=    0.760   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 11      
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=    0.2500   E(BOTTOM)=    0.250   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  N 12      
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 0)=   -0.8000   E(BOTTOM)=   -0.800   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Al1       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=   -5.2300   E(BOTTOM)=   -5.250   E(TOP)=   -5.210
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Al2       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=   -6.7400   E(BOTTOM)=   -6.760   E(TOP)=   -6.720
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Al3       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=   -1.1775   E(BOTTOM)=   -2.890   E(TOP)=    0.535
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Al4       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=   -7.0050   E(BOTTOM)=   -7.025   E(TOP)=   -6.985
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Al5       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=   -6.2625   E(BOTTOM)=   -6.285   E(TOP)=   -6.240
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Al6       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=   -4.8725   E(BOTTOM)=   -4.895   E(TOP)=   -4.850
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga1       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 2)=    0.6750   E(BOTTOM)=    0.540   E(TOP)=    0.810
             APW+lo
          E( 2)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga2       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 2)=    2.0500   E(BOTTOM)=    2.050   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 2)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga3       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 2)=    2.5700   E(BOTTOM)=    2.570   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 2)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga4       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 2)=    2.3100   E(BOTTOM)=    2.310   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 2)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga5       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 2)=    1.5700   E(BOTTOM)=    1.570   E(TOP)= -200.000
             APW+lo
          E( 2)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

          ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga6       
          OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
          OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
          E( 2)=    0.3150   E(BOTTOM)=    0.180   E(TOP)=    0.450
             APW+lo
          E( 2)=    0.3000
             LOCAL ORBITAL
          E( 0)=    0.3000
             APW+lo
          E( 1)=    0.3000
             APW+lo

       K=   0.06250   0.06250   0.50000            1
:RKM  : MATRIX SIZE 3936LOs: 186  RKM= 7.00  WEIGHT= 4.00  PGR:    
       EIGENVALUES ARE:
        -7.0063557   -7.0051532   -6.9827785   -6.7417578   -6.7391812
        -6.7183020   -6.2647178   -6.2646134   -6.2382995   -5.2306459
        -5.2298290   -5.2114638   -4.8768996   -4.8765654   -4.8491701
        -3.8243257   -3.7376670   -3.3440456   -3.0025592   -2.9212361
        -2.8932474   -2.8749723   -2.8000437   -2.7824048   -2.7657827
        -2.5697635   -2.4255291   -2.4008978   -2.3668646   -2.3065403
        -2.2903693   -1.9603944   -1.9467808   -1.9174030   -1.9061796
        -1.8287644   -1.8127265   -1.8100594   -1.7773985   -1.7335476

        -1.6103158   -1.5711023   -1.5547347   -1.5355543   -1.4724515
        -1.4463006   -1.4287535   -1.3949647   -1.3832499   -1.3571350
        -1.2892688   -1.1930385   -1.1532157   -1.1264544   -1.1162131
        -1.0951781   -1.0724066   -0.9991268   -0.9648641   -0.9368415
        -0.9176971   -0.8916600   -0.8846459   -0.7981152   -0.7839267
        -0.7574581   -0.7439856   -0.6732781   -0.6628117   -0.6244081
        -0.5543078   -0.5296252   -0.5145254   -0.5113407   -0.4493951
        -0.4236344   -0.4045207   -0.3612177   -0.3270388   -0.3127941

        -0.3093504   -0.2406499   -0.2221350   -0.2002873   -0.1691162
        -0.1623940   -0.1208905   -0.0942055   -0.0835416   -0.0392296
        -0.0306514    0.0017381    0.0387782    0.0598622    0.0860118
         0.1012150    0.1375686    0.1496281    0.2081158    0.2130173
         0.2352987    0.2413130    0.2549271    0.2704812    0.2911220
         0.3160394    0.3350662    0.3363291    0.3447647    0.3502275
         0.3751639    0.3994547    0.4098435    0.4452137    0.4461333
         0.4736183    0.4947378    0.5111861    0.5287433    0.5514942

         0.5904748    0.6094103    0.6209726    0.6502127    0.6740732
         0.6854527    0.6939267    0.7058567    0.7114752    0.7291866
         0.7495734    0.7586211    0.7818314    0.8059766    0.8139476
         0.8419154    0.8895921    0.9083172    0.9393209    0.9681194
         0.9953645    1.0040781    1.0148926    1.0554180    1.0773843
         1.1152208    1.1298656    1.1398754    1.1504908    1.1654595
         1.2057136    1.2229277    1.2589478    1.2873022    1.3090981
         1.3252146    1.3505564    1.3877707    1.3968751    1.4200236

         1.4312847    1.4583182    1.4750201    1.4828854
       ********************************************************

       NUMBER OF K-POINTS:            16


>No wonder that you get convergence problems when you set EMIN in case.in1c
>to -3.0 Ry  . Whith this setting you eventually cutoff the Ga-3d states.
>
>Start over from scratch and do not change the defaults.
>
>> Dear wien users,
>> 
>>         I am calculating a heterojunction of AlN/GaN. I find a large 
>> charge fluctuation in the beginning of iteration and of course the ghost 
>> band. This is the case.scf1 file, from which you can find the difference 
>> of energy parameters of N atoms for the two sides of this superlattice 
>> (1~6 for AlN, 7~12 for GaN) are very large. I have reduce the mxing parameter 
>> to 0.0001, and still can not resolve this problem. Does any body can give me 
>> some suggest?
>> 
>>           ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga1       
>>           OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
>>           OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
>>           E( 2)=    0.7000   E(BOTTOM)=    0.570   E(TOP)=    0.830
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 2)=    1.0000
>>              LOCAL ORBITAL
>>           E( 0)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 1)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>> 
>>           ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga2       
>>           OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
>>           OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
>>           E( 2)=    2.0800   E(BOTTOM)=    2.080   E(TOP)= -200.000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 2)=    1.0000
>>              LOCAL ORBITAL
>>           E( 0)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 1)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>> 
>>           ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga3       
>>           OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
>>           OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
>>           E( 2)=    2.6100   E(BOTTOM)=    2.610   E(TOP)= -200.000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 2)=    1.0000
>>              LOCAL ORBITAL
>>           E( 0)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 1)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>> 
>>           ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga4       
>>           OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
>>           OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
>>           E( 2)=    2.3500   E(BOTTOM)=    2.350   E(TOP)= -200.000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 2)=    1.0000
>>              LOCAL ORBITAL
>>           E( 0)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 1)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>> 
>>           ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga5       
>>           OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
>>           OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
>>           E( 2)=    1.6100   E(BOTTOM)=    1.610   E(TOP)= -200.000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 2)=    1.0000
>>              LOCAL ORBITAL
>>           E( 0)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 1)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>> 
>>           ATOMIC SPHERE DEPENDENT PARAMETERS FOR ATOM  Ga6       
>>           OVERALL ENERGY PARAMETER IS    0.3000
>>           OVERALL BASIS SET ON ATOM IS LAPW
>>           E( 2)=    0.3400   E(BOTTOM)=    0.210   E(TOP)=    0.470
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 2)=    1.0000
>>              LOCAL ORBITAL
>>           E( 0)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>>           E( 1)=    0.3000
>>              APW+lo
>> 
>>        K=   0.06250   0.06250   0.50000            1
>> :RKM  : MATRIX SIZE 3918LOs: 168  RKM= 7.00  WEIGHT= 4.00  PGR:    
>>        EIGENVALUES ARE:
>>         -2.9833287   -2.9033434   -2.8711489   -2.8623625   -2.7906554
>>         -2.7762807   -2.7674714   -2.5528370   -2.4163669   -2.3959290
>>         -2.3743166   -2.3030169   -2.2624883   -1.9394406   -1.9244714
>>         -1.8911925   -1.8833915   -1.8101535   -1.7608643   -1.7470634
>>         -1.7139419   -1.6932904   -1.5676893   -1.5377474   -1.5116763
>>         -1.5052158   -1.4501798   -1.4001378   -1.3946959   -1.3802247
>>         -1.3524068   -1.3043611   -1.2374109   -1.1504261   -1.1233582
>>         -1.0930868   -1.0755032   -1.0642763   -1.0264128   -0.9528169
>
>>            11 EIGENVALUES BELOW THE ENERGY   -3.00000
>>        ********************************************************
>> 
>>            11 EIGENVALUES BELOW THE ENERGY   -3.00000
>>        NUMBER OF K-POINTS:            16
>>    
>>  
>> 
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        liyh
        lyhua at fudan.edu.cn
          2006-04-06



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