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Offline Sabrina

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3D energy band
« on: May 9, 2010, 14:34 »
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I want to get the whole energy band of the bulk, so I have plot the 3D energy band in the First Brillouie Zone. Can it realise in atk ?
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Re: 3D energy band
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2010, 09:59 »
Normally energy bands are plotted along lines of high symmetry. Those lines criss-cross the 3D 1st BZ. To calculate and plot such bands are very easy in ATK 2010.02, just follow the instructions in the tutorial on Si. For ATK 2008.10 it's a bit harder, but some inspiration can be found in the tutorial on band structure plots for 2008.10.

If you want something different, like the energy eigenvalues for a whole set of (kx,ky,kz), evenly distributed in the whole 1st BZ, then first of all: why? I think it will be very difficult to understand such a plot. But second, sure you can (at least it's quite easy in 2008.10), although you'll have to do a bit of programming!