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YXSui opened this issue Jul 2, 2017 · 1 comment

YXSui commented Jul 2, 2017

Hello!
I read the manual of emc and run the python code for GaAs calculation(based on vasp), and I got two questions.

when I set the step size to 0.01 for heavy hole calculation, I got 0.344 which is same as the paper. But when I changed the step size in the input_file such as 0.005 or 0.02, I couldn't get the same results as which in that paper. This issue occurs both on HH, EI and LH.
How to calculate LH and EI? Should I change the band number into 17 for GaAs case?
Thank you !

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jaroli commented Jul 6, 2017

Hi YXSui,

The calculated effective mass can depend on the step size you choose. There is a discussion on this effect in the kjarolimek_step_benchmark.pdf document.
Yes, you have to give the program the band number that corresponds to the electron or light/heavy hole.
Karol

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