[gpaw-users] Dielectric function and polarizability of low dimension materials

[Thomas Olsen]

Hi Tian

The formula follows from the relation between E and P and the definition of the polarizability: P = \alpha E

\epsilon E =  4\pi D = E + 4 \pi P = (1+4\pi\alpha) E

so \epsilon = 1 + 4\pi \alpha

The \alpha appearing in the Claussius-Mossotti formula is the atomic (or molecular) polarizability of the constituent atoms and not the bulk polarizability.
I dont think it is a good approximation fro covalently bonded solids.

/Thomas
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Sendt: 2. august 2018 17:46
Til: gpaw-users at listserv.fysik.dtu.dk
Emne: [gpaw-users] Dielectric function and polarizability of low        dimension materials

Dear All,

I have one question concerning the polarizability of calculated by gpaw. In the gpaw tutorial,  https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/gpaw/tutorials/dielectric_response/dielectric_response.html, there is an equation relating the imaginary part of dielectric function and polarizability as:
[cid:81EE823F-EA6A-46CF-BBFD-E08100329181 at ethz.ch]
which is also called by the function gpaw.response.df.get_polarizability. I wonder if there is a reference to the concrete proof of this equation? For instance in the Claussius-Mossotti equation of bulk materials, such relation seems not valid:
[cid:CD7E206C-39F0-493B-B3F0-27E94C68C93E at ethz.ch]

I appreciate much your help concerning this issue, and wish there is any publications I can refer to.

Best wishes
Tian
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