# Crystalline AlAs : computation of the response to homogeneous # electric field and atomic displacements, at q=0 # ndtset 3 #Ground state calculation kptopt1 1 # Automatic generation of k points, taking # into account the symmetry tolvrs1 1.0d-20 # SCF stopping criterion iscf1 5 # Self-consistent calculation, using algorithm 5 #Response Function calculation : d/dk rfelfd2 2 # Activate the calculation of the d/dk perturbation rfdir2 1 1 1 # Need to consider the perturbation in the x-direction only # This is rather specific, due to the high symmetry of the AlAs crystal # In general, just use rfdir 1 1 1 # In the present version of ABINIT (v4.6), symmetry cannot be used # to reduce the number of ddk perturbations nqpt2 1 qpt2 0.0 0.0 0.0 # This is a calculation at the Gamma point getwfk2 -1 # Uses as input the output wf of the previous dataset kptopt2 2 # Automatic generation of k points, # using only the time-reversal symmetry to decrease # the size of the k point set. iscf2 -3 # The d/dk perturbation must be treated # in a non-self-consistent way tolwfr2 1.0d-22 # Must use tolwfr for non-self-consistent calculations # Here, the value of tolwfr is very low. #Response Function calculation : electric field perturbation and phonons rfphon3 1 # Activate the calculation of the atomic dispacement perturbations rfatpol3 1 5 # All the atoms will be displaced rfelfd3 3 # Activate the calculation of the electric field perturbation rfdir3 1 1 1 # All directions are selected. However, symmetries will be used to decrease # the number of perturbations, so only the x electric field is needed # (and this explains why in the second dataset, rfdir was set to 1 0 0). nqpt3 1 qpt3 0.0 0.0 0.0 # This is a calculation at the Gamma point getwfk3 -2 # Uses as input wfs the output wfs of the dataset 1 getddk3 -1 # Uses as input ddk wfs the output of the dataset 2 kptopt3 2 # Automatic generation of k points, # using only the time-reversal symmetry to decrease # the size of the k point set. tolvrs3 1.0d-10 iscf3 5 # Self-consistent calculation, using algorithm 5 ####################################################################### #Common input variables #Definition of the unit cell acell 7.163955 7.163955 12.464638 # This is equivalent to 10.61 10.61 10.61 rprim 1.00000 0.00000000000000 0.00000 -0.50000 0.86602540378444 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000000000000 1.00000 #Definition of the atom types ntypat 3 # There are two types of atom znucl 16 8 39 # The keyword "znucl" refers to the atomic number of the # possible type(s) of atom. The pseudopotential(s) # mentioned in the "files" file must correspond # to the type(s) of atom. Here, type 1 is the Aluminum, # type 2 is the Arsenic. #Definition of the atoms natom 5 # There are two atoms typat 1 2 2 3 3 # The first is of type 1 (Al), the second is of type 2 (As). xred # This keyword indicate that the location of the atoms # will follow, one triplet of number for each atom 0.0 0.0 0.0 # S 0.333333333333 0.666666666667 0.63 # O 0.666666666667 0.333333333333 0.37 # O 0.333333333333 0.666666666667 0.28 # Y 0.666666666667 0.333333333333 0.72 # Y #Gives the number of band, explicitely (do not take the default) #nband 4 # For an insulator (if described correctly as an insulator # by DFT), there is no need to include conduction bands # in response-function calculations #Exchange-correlation functional ixc 1 # LDA Teter Pade parametrization #Definition of the planewave basis set ecut 30.0 # Maximal kinetic energy cut-off, in Hartree #Definition of the k-point grid #kptrlatt -4 4 4 # In cartesian coordinates, this grid is simple cubic, and # 4 -4 4 # actually corresponds to the so-called 8x8x8 Monkhorst-Pack grid. # 4 4 -4 # It might as well be obtained through the use of # ngkpt, nshiftk and shiftk . ngkpt 4 4 4 nshiftk= 1 shiftk 0.0 0.0 0.5 #Definition of the SCF procedure nstep 45 # Maximal number of SCF cycles diemac 5.0 # Although this is not mandatory, it is worth to # precondition the SCF cycle. The model dielectric # function used as the standard preconditioner # is described in the "dielng" input variable section. # The dielectric constant of AlAs is smaller that the one of Si (=12).