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soc for different atoms

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2017-09-09
2023-08-01
  • Li Hongfang

    Li Hongfang - 2017-09-09

    Hello Elk users,

    I've read an interesting discussion about calculating soc energy in Elk: https://sourceforge.net/p/elk/discussion/897820/thread/2ffc35e6/?limit=25#d615
    Here I have another question, can we decompose the calculated soc energy into contributions from different atoms? I can think about several ways to do so, one is manipulating the atomic spin orbit coupling parameter in the soc calculation, like in the SPRKKR code; another one is sum eigenvalues of an atom, like in the FLEUR code. The question is can Elk do similar calculations? Any comments would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

    Best regards,
    Li Hongfang

     
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  • ylguo

    ylguo - 2023-08-01

    Dear all,

    I'm also interested in this topic. Is it possible to tune the SOC constant for different species of atoms? Any suggestions would be appreciated, and many thanks in advance.

    Kind regards,
    Yilv

     
    • ylguo

      ylguo - 2023-08-01

      Dear all

      In the elk code manual, it seems that the parammeter of socscf can be set for the whole system. If we have multiple elements in the system, is it possible to tune the SOC constant for different species of atoms?

      Moreover, could we extract the orbital angular momentum from the laser-induced tddft calculations for magnetic systems? Thanks a lot.

      Kind regards,
      Yilv

       

      Last edit: ylguo 2023-08-01

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