Maximally-localized Wannier Functions in Antiferromagnetic MnO within the FLAPW Formalism

Details Maximally-localized Wannier Functions in Antiferromagnetic MnO within the FLAPW Formalism Maximally-localized Wannier Functions in Antiferromagnetic MnO within the FLAPW Formalism

2002-03-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0203202v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

11 pages, 6 PostScript figures. Uses Revtex4. Hi-res figures available from the authors

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.65.184422

We have calculated the maximally-localized Wannier functions of MnO in its antiferromagnetic (AFM) rhombohedral unit cell, which contains two formula units. Electron Bloch functions are obtained with the linearized augmented plane-wave method within both the LSD and the LSD+U schemes. The thirteen uppermost occupied spin-up bands correspond in a pure ionic scheme to the five Mn 3d orbitals at the Mn_1 (spin-up) site, and the four O 2s/2p orbitals at each of the O_1 and O_2 sites. Maximal localization identifies uniquely four Wannier functions for each O, which are trigonally-distorted sp^3-like orbitals. They display a weak covalent bonding between O 2s/2p states and minority-spin d states of Mn_2, which is absent in a fully ionic picture. This bonding is the fingerprint of the interaction responsible for the AFM ordering, and its strength depends on the one-electron scheme being used. The five Mn Wannier functions are centered on the Mn_1 site, and are atomic orbitals modified by the crystal field. They are not uniquely defined by the criterion of maximal localization and we choose them as the linear combinations which diagonalize the r^2 operator, so that they display the D_3d symmetry of the Mn_1 site.

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