[Wien] zigzag potential (remaining questions)

Stefaan Cottenier Stefaan.Cottenier at UGent.be
Fri Jan 5 17:58:13 CET 2018



Curiously, the nonselfconsistent test gives 0.994 V/Ang instead of the intended 0.500 V/Ang (too close to a factor two to be a coincidence?).



The list refused this mail with pictures included, I can send those privately if needed (onedimensional potential plot, selfconsistently and non-selfconsistently).

Stefaan





> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----

> Van: Wien [mailto:wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at] Namens

> Peter Blaha

> Verzonden: vrijdag 5 januari 2018 16:55

> Aan: wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at<mailto:wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>

> Onderwerp: Re: [Wien] zigzag potential (remaining questions)

>

> Hallo Stefan,

>

> Thanks for the suggestions, I'll take them.

>

> Please test the plotted potential again, but WITHOUT selfconsistency !!!

>

> i.e.

> Start from a converged calculation WITHOUT field.

> Put the field into case.in0 and R2V

> x lapw0

> cp the potential to case.clmvalup

> x lapw5 -up   (-c not needed)

>

> I'd expect there is a counteracting field developing during scf, which reduces

> the applied field.

>

> On 01/05/2018 03:53 PM, Stefaan Cottenier wrote:

> > Hello Peter,

> >

> >> I can only recommend to put R2V in case.in0 and plot the resulting

> >> potentials with a field. (Best is a 1D plot along z, preferentially

> >> not through any atoms.) You should clearly see where the kinks are,

> >> and also how large delta-V / delta-l really is (plot in Ry units in in5).

> >>

> >> In that way you can verify if the statement in the UG is correct or not.

> >

> > I did that, for the case.struct pasted at the end, in the following way:

> >

> > runsp -so

> > cp case.vtotal case.clmvalup

> > x lapw5 -c -up

> >

> > where this was the content of case.in0 (R2V and electric field):

> >

> > TOT  XC_PBE     (XC_LDA,XC_PBESOL,XC_WC,XC_MBJ,XC_REVTPSS)

> > R2V       IFFT      (R2V)

> >     30   30  360    2.00  1    min IFFT-parameters, enhancement factor, iprint

> >   30 1.266176 1.

> >

> > and where this was the content of case.in5c (a single line through the

> vacuum and through the slab, in a region as far as possible from the nuclei):

> >

> > 0.50 0.00 0.00 1

> > 0.50 0.00 1.00 1

> > 0.50 0.00 0.00 1

> > 3 3 3

> > 100 1

> > RHO

> > ATU VAL NODEBUG

> >

> > The result is a graph where I do see the kink halfway the unit cell.

> > That confirms that the default zigzag potential is as shown in Fig. 6

> > of http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.63.165205 . [while writing this,

> > Gavin's analysis appeared on the list, which confirms this]

> >

> > The value of the field is not fully clear, however. In the vacuum region of

> the unit cell, there is a section of length 16.4349 bohr where the potential is

> nicely linear. The potential change over that interval is 0.270806 Ry. The

> absolute value of the constant electric field in that vacuum region is

> therefore 0.270806/16.4349 = 0.016477 Ry/bohr. That's 0.423 V/Ang.

> >

> > However, for the EFIELD value of 1.266176 (see case.in0 above) and c

> lattice parameter of 65.082193 bohr, the specified electric field should be

> according to the usersguide 1.266176/65.082193 = 0.019455 Ry/bohr = 0.500

> V/Ang.

> >

> > That means there is no issue with a possible factor 2 (the statement in the

> usersguide is correct), but now I'm puzzled about the difference between

> 0.423 and 0.500 V/Ang. That looks to be too large to be noise...?

> >

> >> PS: I'll take up any "explicit" suggestion for the UG. (but not just

> >> "please improve it").

> >

> > Point taken, yet I was in need of the hints hereabove before I could make

> sense of it. These are the changes I would now propose:

> >

> > * I suggest to remove the line 317 in eramps.f that Gavin mentions, in order

> to print the applied potential in case.output0 by default. It will not hinder

> anybody as this option is rarely used, and for those using it it will at least tell

> unambiguously which applied potential is present.

> >

> > * This is a more explicit text for the usersguide, that would have prevented

> most of my doubts:

> >

> > =======

> > IFIELD: number of Fourier coefficients to model the zig-zag potential, also

> known as the 'analytic triangular ramp' (mode=0, default). Typically use

> IFIELD=30 (the maximal value is IEFIELD=999, but you should stay way below

> that). This zig-zag potential reaches maxima at z=0 and z=1, and a minimum

> at z=0.5 (see fig. 6 of [Stahn et al., 2001]). Using IFIELD=-999 (with a random

> value for EFIELD) lists in case.output0 the other available modes (forms) of

> electric fields. You can select mode n by specifying IFIELD=n*1000 (e.g.

> IFIELD=4000 gives you mode 4). The mode that is being used, is printed at the

> top of case.output0.

> >

> > EFIELD: value (amplitude) of the electric field. The electric field (in Ry/bohr)

> corresponds to EFIELD/c, where c is your c lattice parameter. In order to have

> the electric field in Volt/Angstrom, multiply EFIELD/c by 13.6/0.529177.

> >

> > WFIELD: optional value for lambda (see output of IFIELD=-999).

> > ==========

> >

> > Best regards,

> > Stefaan

> >

> >

> > blebleble                                s-o calc. M||  0.00  0.00  1.00

> > P                            7 99 P

> >               RELA

> >    5.423516  5.423516 65.082193 90.000000 90.000000 90.000000 ATOM

> > -1: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.12500000

> >            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=-2

> > Fe1        NPT=  781  R0=.000050000 RMT=   2.22000   Z:  26.00000

> > LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000 ATOM  -2:

> > X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.37500000

> >            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=-2

> > Fe2        NPT=  781  R0=.000050000 RMT=   2.22000   Z:  26.00000

> > LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000 ATOM  -3:

> > X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.20833333

> >            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=-2

> > Fe3        NPT=  781  R0=.000050000 RMT=   2.22000   Z:  26.00000

> > LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000 ATOM  -4:

> > X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.29166667

> >            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=-2

> > Fe4        NPT=  781  R0=.000050000 RMT=   2.22000   Z:  26.00000

> > LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000 ATOM  -5:

> > X=0.50000000 Y=0.50000000 Z=0.16666667

> >            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=-2

> > Fe5        NPT=  781  R0=.000050000 RMT=   2.22000   Z:  26.00000

> > LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000 ATOM  -6:

> > X=0.50000000 Y=0.50000000 Z=0.33333333

> >            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=-2

> > Fe6        NPT=  781  R0=.000050000 RMT=   2.22000   Z:  26.00000

> > LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000 ATOM  -7:

> > X=0.50000000 Y=0.50000000 Z=0.25000000

> >            MULT= 1          ISPLIT=-2

> > Fe7        NPT=  781  R0=.000050000 RMT=   2.22000   Z:  26.00000

> > LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000

> >                       0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000

> >     8      NUMBER OF SYMMETRY OPERATIONS

> >

> >

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