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Description: {{TAG|LPHON_POLAR}} includes dipole-dipole corrections in the computation of the phonon dispersion. For this mode {{TAG|PHON_DIELECTRIC}} | Description: {{TAG|LPHON_POLAR}} includes dipole-dipole corrections in the computation of the phonon dispersion. For this mode, {{TAG|PHON_DIELECTRIC}} and {{TAG|PHON_BORN_CHARGES}} must also be set. | ||
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If the material is polar (i.e. | If the material is non-metallic and polar (i.e. two or more atoms in the unit cell carry nonzero Born effective charge tensors), a special treatment of the long-range dipole-dipole interaction is required to obtain a smooth phonon dispersion. | ||
This is activated by setting {{TAG|LPHON_POLAR}}=.TRUE. and supplying the static dielectric tensor ({{TAG|PHON_DIELECTRIC}}) and the Born-effective charges ({{TAG|PHON_BORN_CHARGES}}) which can be obtained | This is activated by setting {{TAG|LPHON_POLAR}}=.TRUE. and supplying the static dielectric tensor ({{TAG|PHON_DIELECTRIC}}) and the Born-effective charges ({{TAG|PHON_BORN_CHARGES}}) which can be obtained in a separate VASP calculation using the {{TAG|LEPSILON}} or {{TAG|LCALCEPS}} tag. | ||
The dipole-dipole part of the interatomic force-constants is evaluated using an Ewald summation with the number of <math>\mathbf{G}</math> vectors determined by the cutoff length ({{TAG|PHON_G_CUTOFF}}). | |||
In the case of metals, the dielectric function is infinite, for nonpolar semiconductors the Born effective charges are zero which in both cases means that the [[Phonons:_Theory#Long-range_interatomic_force_constants_.28LO-TO_splitting.29|long-range interatomic force-constants]] are zero and this dipole-dipole correction does not need to be applied. | |||
{{NB|mind| Only available as of VASP 6.3.2.}} | {{NB|mind| Only available as of VASP 6.3.2.}} | ||
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{{TAG | LPHON_DISPERSION}}, | {{TAG | LPHON_DISPERSION}}, | ||
{{TAG | PHON_NWRITE}}, | {{TAG | PHON_NWRITE}}, | ||
{{TAG | PHON_DIELECTRIC}}, | {{TAG | PHON_DIELECTRIC}}, | ||
{{TAG | PHON_BORN_CHARGES}}, | {{TAG | PHON_BORN_CHARGES}}, | ||
{{TAG | PHON_G_CUTOFF | {{TAG | PHON_G_CUTOFF}} | ||
{{sc|LPHON_POLAR|Examples|Examples that use this tag}} | {{sc|LPHON_POLAR|Examples|Examples that use this tag}} | ||
[[Category:INCAR tag]][[Category:Phonons]] | [[Category:INCAR tag]][[Category:Phonons]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:55, 18 December 2024
LPHON_POLAR = .TRUE. | .FALSE.
Default: LPHON_POLAR = .FALSE.
Description: LPHON_POLAR includes dipole-dipole corrections in the computation of the phonon dispersion. For this mode, PHON_DIELECTRIC and PHON_BORN_CHARGES must also be set.
If the material is non-metallic and polar (i.e. two or more atoms in the unit cell carry nonzero Born effective charge tensors), a special treatment of the long-range dipole-dipole interaction is required to obtain a smooth phonon dispersion. This is activated by setting LPHON_POLAR=.TRUE. and supplying the static dielectric tensor (PHON_DIELECTRIC) and the Born-effective charges (PHON_BORN_CHARGES) which can be obtained in a separate VASP calculation using the LEPSILON or LCALCEPS tag. The dipole-dipole part of the interatomic force-constants is evaluated using an Ewald summation with the number of vectors determined by the cutoff length (PHON_G_CUTOFF).
In the case of metals, the dielectric function is infinite, for nonpolar semiconductors the Born effective charges are zero which in both cases means that the long-range interatomic force-constants are zero and this dipole-dipole correction does not need to be applied.
| Mind: Only available as of VASP 6.3.2. |
Related tags and articles
QPOINTS, LPHON_DISPERSION, PHON_NWRITE, PHON_DIELECTRIC, PHON_BORN_CHARGES, PHON_G_CUTOFF