# Crystalline AlAs : computation of the phonon spectrum ndtset 4 #Set 1 : ground state self-consistency # prtwf1 1 # Output wavefunction getwfk1 0 # irdwfk1 1 # Cancel default kptopt1 1 # Automatic generation of k points, taking # into account the symmetry nqpt1 0 # Cancel default tolvrs1 1.0d-18 # SCF stopping criterion (modify default) rfphon1 0 # Cancel default #Q vectors for all datasets #Complete set of symmetry-inequivalent qpt chosen to be commensurate # with kpt mesh so that only one set of GS wave functions is needed. #Generated automatically by running GS calculation with kptopt=1, # nshift=0, shiftk=0 0 0 (to include gamma) and taking output kpt set # file as qpt set. Set nstep=1 so only one iteration runs. nqpt 1 # One qpt for each dataset (only 0 or 1 allowed) # This is the default for all datasets and must # be explicitly turned off for dataset 1. qpt2 0.00000000E+00 0.00000000E+00 0.00000000E+00 qpt3 0.00000000E+00 0.00000000E+00 0.00000000E+00 qpt4 1.00000000E-01 1.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt5 3.00000000E-01 1.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt6 5.00000000E-01 1.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt7 -3.00000000E-01 1.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt8 -1.00000000E-01 1.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt9 1.00000000E-01 3.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt10 3.00000000E-01 3.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt11 5.00000000E-01 3.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt12 -3.00000000E-01 3.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt13 -1.00000000E-01 3.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt14 1.00000000E-01 5.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt15 3.00000000E-01 5.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 # qpt16 5.00000000E-01 5.00000000E-01 2.50000000E-01 #Set 2 : Response function calculation of d/dk wave function iscf2 -3 # Need this non-self-consistent option for d/dk kptopt2 2 # Modify default to use time-reversal symmetry rfphon2 0 # Cancel default rfelfd2 2 # Calculate d/dk wave function only tolvrs2 0.0 # Cancel default for d/dk tolwfr2 1.0d-22 # Use wave function residual criterion instead #Set 3 : Response function calculation of Q=0 phonons and electric field pert. getddk3 2 # d/dk wave functions from last dataset kptopt3 2 # Modify default to use time-reversal symmetry rfelfd3 3 # Electric-field perturbation response only #Sets 4-16 : Finite-wave-vector phonon calculations (defaults for all datasets) getwfk 1 # Use GS wave functions from dataset1 # prtwf 0 # Do not output wavefunctions kptopt 3 # Need full k-point set for finite-Q response rfphon 1 # Do phonon response rfatpol 3 4 # Treat displacements of all atoms 1-->natom rfdir 1 1 1 # Do all directions (symmetry will be used) tolvrs 1.0d-8 # This default is active for sets 3-10 ####################################################################### #Common input variables prtvol 1 #Definition of the unit cell acell 4.6290815084E+00 4.6290815321E+00 1.2602990871E+01 rprim 9.9999999944E-01 3.3568380980E-05 0.0000000000E+00 -4.9997119449E-01 8.6604203402E-01 0.0000000000E+00 0.0000000000E+00 0.0000000000E+00 1.0000000000E+00 #Definition of the atom types ntypat 1 # There are two types of atom znucl 6 # 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 4 # There are 4 atoms typat 1 1 1 1 # The first is of type 1 (Al), the second is of type 2 (As). xred -1.7328114236E-04 1.7328162585E-04 2.5000000000E-01 3.3315458644E-01 6.6684541163E-01 2.5000000000E-01 1.7328114236E-04 -1.7328162585E-04 7.5000000000E-01 6.6684541356E-01 3.3315458837E-01 7.5000000000E-01 #Gives the number of band, explicitely (do not take the default) nband 12 #Exchange-correlation functional ixc 1 # LDA Teter Pade parametrization occopt 4 tsmear 0.05 #Definition of the planewave basis set ecut 36.0 # Maximal kinetic energy cut-off, in Hartree #Definition of the k-point grid ngkpt 10 10 4 nshiftk 1 # Use one copy of grid only (default) shiftk 0.5 0.5 0.5 # This gives the usual fcc Monkhorst-Pack grid #Definition of the SCF procedure iscf 7 # Self-consistent calculation, using algorithm 5 nstep 600 # Maximal number of SCF cycles # diemac 9.0 # 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).