<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">I would be grateful if you guide me how to apply this tangent method to the data of imaginary part of the dielectric function. can I use Origin to apply this ?<br>&nbsp;<br><div>Best wishes<br>Masood<br><br> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">  <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1">  <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rocquefelte &lt;xavier.rocquefelte@cnrs-imn.fr&gt;<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> A Mailing list for WIEN2k users &lt;wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at&gt; <br> <b><span style="font-weight:
 bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 9, 2013 2:30 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wien] How to calculate optical absorption edge ?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8003400948">
  

    
  
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    <div class="yiv8003400948moz-cite-prefix">If you plot epsilon2 (the imaginary
      part of the dielectric function) and use the tangent method, you
      can estimate the absorption edge from WIEN2K.<br>
      However, it requires to use a proper functional, allowing to
      overcome the inherent problems of DFT, which is a ground state
      theory, i.e. LDA+U for correlated systems or hybrid functional...<br>
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      Regards<br>
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      Xavier<br>
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      Le 7/9/2013 7:00 AM, Masood Yousaf a écrit&nbsp;:<br>
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      <div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Dear Sir,
        thanks for your elaboration. Need some further explanation to
        overcome the confusion. Is it possible to determine accurately
        absorption edge from WIEN2k code only i.e., from case.epsilon ?&nbsp;
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        <div>Best wishes<br>
          Masood<br>
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                  <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
                    Rocquefelte <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv8003400948moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:xavier.rocquefelte@cnrs-imn.fr" target="_blank" href="mailto:xavier.rocquefelte@cnrs-imn.fr">&lt;xavier.rocquefelte@cnrs-imn.fr&gt;</a><br>
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                    Mailing list for WIEN2k users
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                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                    Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:40 PM<br>
                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                    Re: [Wien] How to calculate optical absorption edge
                    ?<br>
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                      <div class="yiv8003400948moz-cite-prefix">Experimentally
                        an absorption edge (optical gap) is estimated
                        using the tangent method. <br>
                        Thus you should do the same with your calculated
                        data to compare optical gap values, which differ
                        from a fundamental band gap. <br>
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                        Indeed, a fundamental band gap is the smallest
                        band gap allowing to excite an electron in
                        unoccupied states (deduced from electrical
                        measurements - thus no transition rules). <br>
                        In contrast, the optical gap is related to an
                        excitation using photons, thus it respects the
                        dipolar transitions rules (this gap is usually
                        larger than the fundamental band gap). <br>
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                        Regards<br>
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                        Xavier<br>
                        &nbsp;<br>
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                        Le 7/9/2013 3:07 AM, Masood Yousaf a écrit&nbsp;:<br>
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                          Kindly suggest how to calculate optical
                          absortion edge in wien2k ? How it differs from
                          band gap of material ? I read that first
                          critical point in imaginary part of the
                          dielectric function represents optical
                          absorption edge. But how to ensure that which
                          is the first critical point. Kindly guide<br>
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                          <div>Best wishes<br>
                            Masood<br>
                            Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia<br>
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