[Wien] lapw5

Peter Blaha peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at
Sun May 4 16:49:20 CEST 2025


If I interpret your input correctly,
  0 1623    0   80  2.0
refers after backfolding into the first BZ to something close to
0 ~20 0  1  2.0, and this is close to Gamma.
So you will see a very small Blochphase from one unit cell to the next one.

If you choose 0 1 0 2    (1/2), the phase changes sign from one unit 
cell to the next.
If you choose   0 1 0 8  (1/8) it means that it will have a periodicity 
of 8 unit cells, .....

It does not make much sense to use k-vectors outside the first BZ, as 
you can always subtract a full reciprocal vector to get back into the 
first BZ.

Am 03.05.2025 um 19:01 schrieb Lukasz Plucinski:
> Dear Prof. Blaha, dear All,
> 
> If lapw7 includes the Bloch phase, then I would expect very fast phase 
> oscillation for large k-vectors.
> 
> I calculated such k-point:
> 0 1623    0   80  2.0
> END
> 
> And used the following lapw7 input file
> 
> 2D ORTHO # mode O(RTHOGONAL)|N(ON-ORTHOGONAL)
> 0 0 0 2
> 3 6 0 1
> 0 0 1 2
> 300 1000  1  1
> NO   # DEP(HASING)|NO (POST-PROCESSING)
> PSI ANG LARGE # switch ANG|ATU|AU LARGE|SMALL
> 1 1440 # k-point, band index
> 
> which I believe is along the same direction as the k-vector (I have a 
> hexagonal lattice, so the real space (120) is the same direction as 
> reciprocal space (010), I believe).
> 
> I don't see any fast oscillation of the phase in the calculated charge 
> density plot. Is there a reason (phase folding into the first BZ?), or 
> am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Best,
> Lukasz
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM Peter Blaha <peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at 
> <mailto:peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at>> wrote:
> 
>     Yes, it includes the Bloch phase.
> 
>     Am 24.04.2025 um 23:47 schrieb Lukasz Plucinski:
>      > Dear Prof. Blaha, dear All,
>      >
>      > Thank you for the rapid response. I tested lapw7 and it works
>     nicely, I
>      > can plot the phase.
>      >
>      > I was wondering about the meaning of the phase for the
>     periodic system.
>      > Correct me if I'm wrong, but the total phase would include the Bloch
>      > envelope exp(i.k.r) and the intra-unit-cell phase differences. lapw7
>      > allows plotting more than a single unit cell (in case of the
>     slab, it is
>      > naturally the "parallel" direction). Would the phase then include
>     the
>      > Bloch envelope or not? I have a feeling it does include the Bloch
>      > envelope, is that correct?
>      >
>      > Best,
>      > Lukasz
>      >
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>      > On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM Peter Blaha
>     <peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at <mailto:peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at>
>      > <mailto:peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at
>     <mailto:peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     You can use lapw7   to plot the real/imag/abs part of psi_k,n
>      >
>      >     This means of k-point k and band n, which must be specified
>     as input.
>      >
>      >     Check the UG, it is quite similar to lapw5 and the plots can be
>      >     visualized in xcrysden.
>      >
>      >
>      >     Am 24.04.2025 um 17:15 schrieb pluto via Wien:
>      >      > Dear All,
>      >      >
>      >      > I have been plotting charge density for a slab, and I've been
>      >     able to
>      >      > distinguish the surface and bulk states nicely.
>      >      >
>      >      > I understand that the case.rho file contains information on
>      >     charge, that
>      >      > is the square of the wave function. Is there a way to
>     obtain the
>      >     image
>      >      > of the wave function phase?
>      >      >
>      >      > Best,
>      >      > Lukasz
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