Hi Julie, The scissor operator moves all the eigenvalues above the fermi energy (chemical potential) up by the value you specify, this is to compensate for the underestimation of the band gap. Usually you just choose it so that you're band gap matches experiment. The Broadening parameter specifies the size of the gaussian convolved with the transitions, and as such also defines the number of points that appear in the .EPSIMG file. As a rule of thumb you should try to keep the broadening reasonably low. You can always broaden the data further, but you can't deconvolve the gaussian out of the data (because of the correlation between gaussian width and number of points). I generally use a broadening of 0.02 eV. Don't forget that if you're dealing with metals, the plasma frequency converges slower than the transitions, so you should use large optical mesh. Your optical.Mesh should be the same style as you're monkhorst pack grid, but much higher density. To get accurate optical calculations, on gold for example, you should use a monkhorst pack grid of about 21, but you may have to go as high as 29 if you're unit cell is small. %block kgrid_Monkhorst_Pack 21 0 0 0.00 0 21 0 0.00 0 0 21 0.00 %endblock kgrid_Monkhorst_Pack
And then use a mesh like this: %block Optical.Mesh 65 65 65 %endblock Optical.Mesh Note that you should test the convergence of these parameters. Also, the finer that your broadening is, the more points you need in optical kspace to get smooth data. The real part is more difficult, if you're using metals, you will have to guess the relaxation time. And you must check the convergence of the plasma frequency with increasing optical mesh. Cheers, MArty 2008/12/7 Julie Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi all, > > I have read all mailing archive of Siesta and also all the tutorials and > the power points about optical properties. Still I have problem with > Optical.Broaden and Optical.Scissor, seems that I have no good idea what > they do although forexample I know what gaussian broadening is. To cut it > short, I want to know usually what ranges of these two parameters ore > suitable for bulk, 1D and 2D structures. Also, when I can get the best shape > of imaginary and real part of dielectric function. > > It would be an honor to receive your advice. > Best wishes > Julie Smart > > Caltech University > www.*caltech*.edu > > > >
