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We present here a formalism based on time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) to describe characteristics of both intra- and inter-valley excitons in semiconductors, the latter of which had remained a challenge. Through the usage of…

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This paper develops a quantitatively accurate first-principles description for the frequency and the linewidth of collective electronic excitations in inhomogeneous weakly disordered systems. A finite linewidth in general has intrinsic and…

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In the framework of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), the exact exchange-correlation (xc) kernel $f_{xc}(n,q,\omega)$ determines the ground-state energy, excited-state energies, lifetimes, and the time-dependent linear…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-15 Niraj K. Nepal , Aaron D. Kaplan , J. M. Pitarke , Adrienn Ruzsinszky

This review focuses on the studies and computations of few-body systems of electrons and holes in condensed matter physics. We analyze and illustrate the application of a variety of methods for description of two- three- and four-body…

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The dynamical exchange-correlation kernel $f_{xc}$ of a non-uniform electron gas is an essential input for the time-dependent density functional theory of electronic systems. The long-wavelength behavior of this kernel is known to be of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 V. U. Nazarov , G. Vignale , Y. -C. Chang

The question of macroscopic occupation and spontaneous emergence of coherence for exciton ensembles has gained renewed attention due to the rise of van der Waals heterostructures made of atomically thin semiconductors. The hosted interlayer…

We show theoretically that excitons can form from spatially separated one-dimensional ground state populations of electrons and holes, and that the resulting excitons can form a quasicondensate. We describe a mean-field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-29 D. S. L. Abergel

Multi-configuration range-separated density-functional theory is extended to the time-dependent regime. An exact variational formulation is derived. The approximation, which consists in combining a long-range…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2013-02-27 Emmanuel Fromager , Stefan Knecht , Hans Jørgen Aa. Jensen

We present a first-principles scheme for incorporating many-body interactions into the unified description of the quadratic optical response to light of noncentrosymmetric crystals. The proposed method is based on time-dependent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-30 Peio Garcia-Goiricelaya , Jyoti Krishna , Julen Ibañez-Azpiroz

We develop a scheme for building the scalar exchange-correlation (xc) kernel of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) from the tensorial kernel of time-dependent {\em current} density functional theory (TDCDFT) and the Kohn-Sham…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 V. U. Nazarov , J. M. Pitarke , Y. Takada , G. Vignale , Y. -C. Chang

Excitons are the neutral quasiparticles that form when Coulomb interactions create bound states between electrons and holes. Due to their bosonic nature, excitons are expected to condense and exhibit superfluidity at sufficiently low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 Hong-Yi Xie , Pouyan Ghaemi , Matteo Mitrano , Bruno Uchoa

Inspired by the discovery of superconductivity in moir\'e materials with isolated narrow bandwidth electronic bands, here we analyze critically the question of what is the maximum attainable $T_c$ in interacting flat-band systems. We focus…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-27 Dan Mao , Debanjan Chowdhury

Exciton problem is solved in the two-dimensional Dirac model with allowance for strong electron-hole attraction. The exciton binding energy is assumed smaller than but comparable to the band gap. The exciton wavefunction is found in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 N. V. Leppenen , L. E. Golub , E. L. Ivchenko

Excitonic effects in the optical absorption spectra of solids can be described with time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) in the linear-response regime, using a simple class of approximate, long-range corrected (LRC)…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-10 Jared R. Williams , Carsten A. Ullrich

Within the framework of ab initio time-dependent density-functional theory (TD-DFT), we propose a static approximation to the exchange-correlation kernel based on the jellium-with-gap model. This kernel accounts for electron-hole…

An approximate method based on adiabatic time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is presented, that allows for the description of the electron dynamics in nanoscale junctions under arbitrary time dependent external potentials. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Y. Wang , C. -Y. Yam , G. H. Chen , Th. Frauenheim , T. A. Niehaus

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) is a powerful tool to study the non-equilibrium dynamics of inhomogeneous interacting many-body systems. Here we show that the simple adiabatic local-spin-density approximation for the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-11-11 Wei Li , Gao Xianlong , Corinna Kollath , Marco Polini

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), whether in bulk or in monolayer form, exhibit a rich variety of charge-density-wave (CDW) phases and stronger periodic lattice distortions. While the actual role of nesting has been under debate, it…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-12-12 Diego Pasquier , Oleg V. Yazyev

The exact exchange-correlation (XC) potential in time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) is known to develop steps and discontinuities upon change of the particle number in spatially confined regions or isolated subsystems. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Daniel Vieira , K. Capelle , C. A. Ullrich

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) is a formally exact approach to the time-dependent electronic many-body problem which is widely used for calculating excitation energies. We present a survey of the fundamental framework,…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-01-29 Carsten A. Ullrich , Zeng-hui Yang