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Offline yangzw1985

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about E and E-Ef
« on: February 20, 2009, 14:08 »
hellow,everyone! In the transimission spectrum, along the X axis we can always see Electron energy(ev) or E-Ef(ev). In the Y axis , they are the same as T(E). what is the difference between the two descriptions? if I calcullate the transimission spectrum with 200 points from -6ev to +6ev ,and the fermi energy is -0.3Ry. How should I determine the X axis? Moreover, can I get some information about the HOMO-LUMO from the transimission spectrum?
1 Ry =13.59 Ev!

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Re: about E and E-Ef
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 14:40 »
When ATK calculates the transmission spectrum, the energies are always shifted such that the Fermi level corresponds to E=0. Therefore, E and E-Ef is the same, since Ef=0.

HOMO and LUMO are by definition not well-defined in the non-equillibrium case, however you can compute the MPSH spectrum to find information about the corresponding molecular-like levels. Some more information is available in the manual on Li-H2-Li, also you can search the Forum for "MPSH" for some other relevant posts.