TD-BSE calculations using the double-grid method?

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TD-BSE calculations using the double-grid method?

Post by Dean » Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:37 am

Dear all,
Can I use double-grid method in the calculations of nonlinear properties(such as TD-BSE and second harmonic generation)?
Thanks in advance.
Dr. Yimin Ding
Soochow University, China.

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Re: TD-BSE calculations using the double-grid method?

Post by claudio » Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:55 am

No, for the moment it is not possible

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Re: TD-BSE calculations using the double-grid method?

Post by Dean » Mon Sep 14, 2020 1:50 am

Dear Claudio,
Thanks for your reply.
So, the k grid should be tested carefully when calculating the SHG of 2D materials?
In the papers (PRB,3,074003,2019), authors set a dense k-point, 24x24x1 for InSe but only 200 bands for GW-BSE calculations.
I want to know that k-point sampling is more important than the number of bands in GW-BSE or SHG calculations?
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Re: TD-BSE calculations using the double-grid method?

Post by claudio » Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:48 am

Dear Yimin Ding
a large number of bands is necessary to converge the dielectric constant
that enter in the definition of W and for the calculation of the GW corrections.
For the non-linear response, and the BSE you just need a small number of conduction and valence bands,
while convergence in k-point is more difficult.

My advice is to converge first the independent particle case,
and then use the same number of k-points in the GW and BSE.
For the number of conductions bands to use, it is best to test it in the linear response case that is faster

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Re: TD-BSE calculations using the double-grid method?

Post by Dean » Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:32 am

Dear Claudio,
Thanks for your reply.
I am not clear about this sentence, “My advice is to converge first the independent particle case, and then use the same number of k-points in the GW and BSE.”
Do you mean convergence test of k-point in pw.x code first? I think that would be a very fast test.
Dr. Yimin Ding
Soochow University, China.

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Re: TD-BSE calculations using the double-grid method?

Post by Davide Sangalli » Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:16 pm

Dear Yimin Ding,
with the new release (yambo 5.0) it is now possible to use the double-grid approach in real-time simulations.

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Re: TD-BSE calculations using the double-grid method?

Post by Dean » Tue May 25, 2021 8:12 am

Dear Davide,
Many thanks.
But, I wonder how to perfom double-grid approach in real-time simulations? Is it the same as that in common BSE calculations?
Dr. Yimin Ding
Soochow University, China.

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