<div dir="ltr">Dear Rahimi,<div><br></div><div>here is what I understand from reading the paper:<br><div><div><br>> As far as I know SO has been very recently implemented in the BerryPI code by Oleg Rubel (after publishing the Nature Commun.) . I am not sure whether the BerryPI developed by Oleg was used in the above paper. Maybe you had your own developed unofficial Berry Phase program with SO(?).<div>
<br></div><div>BerryPI was not used there, since the spin polarization feature was added at the end of 2013. The polarization calculations were done with VASP (see the Method section).</div><div><br>> So, my question is that whether the SO coupling was used only for relaxation of the system or it was applied for calculating the electronic polarization too.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My guess would be that you need SO in order to induce ferroelectric displacements as per PRL 106, 026401 (2011). So it is important for the structure, but may not be so critical for the polarization itself. (The orbital potential needs to be there.)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I hope it will help.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div>Oleg</div></div></div></div></div>