TY - JOUR
T1 - Recovering hidden Bloch character
T2 - Unfolding electrons, phonons, and slabs
AU - Allen, P. B.
AU - Berlijn, T.
AU - Casavant, D. A.
AU - Soler, J. M.
PY - 2013/2/27
Y1 - 2013/2/27
N2 - For a quantum state, or classical harmonic normal mode, of a system of spatial periodicity "R," Bloch character is encoded in a wave vector "K." One can ask whether this state has partial Bloch character "k" corresponding to a finer scale of periodicity "r." Answering this is called "unfolding." A theorem is proven that yields a mathematically clear prescription for unfolding, by examining translational properties of the state, requiring no "reference states" or basis functions with the finer periodicity (r,k). A question then arises: How should one assign partial Bloch character to a state of a finite system? A slab, finite in one direction, is used as the example. Perpendicular components k z of the wave vector are not explicitly defined, but may be hidden in the state (and eigenvector). A prescription for extracting kz is offered and tested. An idealized silicon (111) surface is used as the example. Slab unfolding reveals surface-localized states and resonances which were not evident from dispersion curves alone.
AB - For a quantum state, or classical harmonic normal mode, of a system of spatial periodicity "R," Bloch character is encoded in a wave vector "K." One can ask whether this state has partial Bloch character "k" corresponding to a finer scale of periodicity "r." Answering this is called "unfolding." A theorem is proven that yields a mathematically clear prescription for unfolding, by examining translational properties of the state, requiring no "reference states" or basis functions with the finer periodicity (r,k). A question then arises: How should one assign partial Bloch character to a state of a finite system? A slab, finite in one direction, is used as the example. Perpendicular components k z of the wave vector are not explicitly defined, but may be hidden in the state (and eigenvector). A prescription for extracting kz is offered and tested. An idealized silicon (111) surface is used as the example. Slab unfolding reveals surface-localized states and resonances which were not evident from dispersion curves alone.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.085322
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.085322
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874522615
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 87
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 8
M1 - 085322
ER -