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We present a theoretical method for calculating optical absorption spectra based on maximally localized Wannier functions, which is suitable for large periodic systems. For this purpose, we calculate the exciton Hamiltonian, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-14 Konrad Merkel , Frank Ortmann

We review the derivation of the effective Dirac equation for ultracold atoms in one-dimensional bichromatic optical lattices, following the proposal by Witthaut et al. Phys. Rev. A 84, 033601 (2011). We discuss how such a derivation - based…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-09-08 Xabier Lopez-Gonzalez , Jacopo Sisti , Giulio Pettini , Michele Modugno

We investigate the electronic structure of SrMnO$_3$ with Density Functional Theory (DFT) plus Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DMFT). Within this scheme the selection of the correlated subspace and the construction of the corresponding Wannier…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-06-20 Daniel Bauernfeind , Robert Triebl , Manuel Zingl , Markus Aichhorn , Hans Gerd Evertz

Phonon frequencies at {\Gamma},X,M,R-points of Brilloin zone in cubic phase of Ba(Ti,Zr,Hf)O3 were first time calculated by frozen phonon method using density functional theory (DFT) with hybrid exchange correlation functional PBE0. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-10-07 Robert A Evaestov

Incorporating a monolayer of WS$_2$ via interface engineering enhances the overall physical properties of a FAPbI3 perovskite based heterostructure. FAPbI$_3$/WS$_2$/TiO$_2$/ITO and FAPbI$_3$/TiO$_2$/ITO heterostructures were analyzed by…

Motivated by the puzzling report of the observation of a ferromagnetic insulating state in LaMnO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ heterostructures, we calculate the electronic and magnetic state of LaMnO$_3$, coherently matched to a SrTiO$_3$ square substrate…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-25 Hrishit Banerjee , Oleg Janson , Karsten Held , Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta

We propose a numerical method using the discrete variable representation (DVR) for constructing real-valued Wannier functions localized in a unit cell for both symmetric and asymmetric periodic potentials. We apply these results to finding…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-09-14 Saurabh Paul , Eite Tiesinga

We derive an {\em ab initio} $\pi$-band tight-binding model for $AB$ stacked bilayer graphene based on maximally localized Wannier wave functions (MLWFs) centered on the carbon sites, finding that both intralayer and interlayer hopping is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-23 Jeil Jung , Allan H. MacDonald

A mixed basis all-electron full-potential method, which uses two kinds of augmented waves, the augmented plane waves and the muffin-tin orbitals simultaneously, in addition to the local orbitals, was proposed by Kotani and van Schilfgaarde…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-02-10 Takao Kotani , Hiori Kino , Hisazumi Akai

We study effects of charge self-consistency within the combination of density functional theory (DFT; Wien2k) with dynamical mean field theory (DMFT; w2dynamics) in a basis of maximally localized Wannier orbitals. Using the example of two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-20 Sumanta Bhandary , Elias Assmann , Markus Aichhorn , Karsten Held

Composition-dependent structural and polar properties of epitaxial short-period CaTiO_3/SrTiO_3/BaTiO_3 superlattices grown on a SrTiO_3 substrate are investigated with first-principles density-functional theory computational techniques.…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-12-16 Serge M. Nakhmanson , K. M. Rabe , David Vanderbilt

In this work we use first-principles density-functional theory (DFT) calculations combined with the maximally localized Wannier function tight binding Hamiltonian (MLWF-TB) and Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) formalism to investigate…

Plasmonic nano structures such as wire waveguides or antennas are key building blocks for novel highly integrated photonics. A quantitative understanding of the optical material properties of individual structures on the nanoscale is thus…

Optics · Physics 2017-09-28 Andreas W Schell , Alexander Kuhlicke , Günter Kewes , Oliver Benson

The DFT/vdW-QHO-WF method, recently developed to include the van der Waals (vdW) interactions in approximated Density Functional Theory (DFT) by combining the Quantum Harmonic Oscillator model with the Maximally Localized Wannier Function…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-18 Pier Luigi Silvestrelli

Using muffin-tin orbital (MTO) based NMTO-downfolding procedure within the framework of local density approximation, we construct the Wannier orbitals for the $t_{2g}$ manifold of bands in V2O3 in the paramagnetic phase. The real space…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-07-17 T. Saha-Dasgupta , O. K. Andersen , J. Nuss , A. I. Poteryaev , A. Georges , A. I. Lichtenstein

We have constructed maximally-localized Wannier functions for prototype structures of solid molecular hydrogen under pressure, starting from LDA and tight-binding Bloch wave functions. Each occupied Wannier function can be associated with…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 Ivo Souza , Richard M. Martin , Nicola Marzari , Xinyuan Zhao , David Vanderbilt

An effective Hamiltonian for the ferroelectric transition in PbTiO3 is constructed from first-principles density-functional-theory total-energy and linear-response calculations through the use of a localized, symmetrized basis set of…

mtrl-th · Physics 2009-10-30 U. V. Waghmare , K. M. Rabe

We present a new scheme for the construction of highly localized lattice Wannier functions. The approach is based on a heuristic criterion for localization and takes the symmetry constraints into account from the start. We compare the local…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 Jorge Iniguez , Alberto Garcia , J. M. Perez-Mato

The accurate prediction of band gaps and structural properties in periodic systems continues to be one of the central goals of electronic structure theory. However, band gaps obtained from popular exchange-correlation functionals (such as…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-03-18 Ravindra Shinde , Sharma S. R. K. C. Yamijala , Bryan M. Wong

In previous work devoted to {\it ab initio} calculations of hyperfine structure constants in nitrogen and fluorine atoms, we observed sizeable relativistic effects, a priori unexpected for such light systems, that can even largely dominate…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Fatima Zahra Boualili , Messaoud Nemouchi , Michel Godefroid , Per Jönsson