Dear PWSCF users,<br>
I have two questions about finite electric field calculation based on Berry phase.<br>
First, I have found in the source code that
the formula to calcuate the polarization in the presence of finite
electric field is different in Version 4.0 from in Version 3.2. A
couple of factors like sqrt(2) and alat are added in the new version. I
just want to make sure that if I use ultrasoft psedupotential and turn
on finite electric field, does the latest version (4.0) of PWSCF
calculate the polarization and atomic force correctly? No offense
intended. <br>
Second, is there a range of electric field in
which the Berry phase method works? In the example31 the electric field
is 0.001 a.u. I want to calculate some properties under the electric
field as large as 0.01 a.u. In principle I think the method works for
any value of electric field but in practice any restriction on the
maximum of electric field?<br>
Thank you very much.<br>
<br>
Hanghui Chen<br>
Department of Physics<br>
Yale University<br>