Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
1994-11-28
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
13 pages, REVTEX, 7 postscript figures (not quite perfect)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.51.13935
A new order-N method for calculating the electronic structure of general (non-tight-binding) potentials is presented. The method uses a combination of the ``purification''-based approaches used by Li, Nunes and Vanderbilt, and Daw, and a representation of the density matrix based on ``travelling basis orbitals''. The method is applied to several one-dimensional examples, including the free electron gas, the ``Morse'' bound-state potential, a discontinuous potential that mimics an interface, and an oscillatory potential that mimics a semiconductor. The method is found to contain Friedel oscillations, quantization of charge in bound states, and band gap formation. Quantitatively accurate agreement with exact results is found in most cases. Possible advantages with regard to treating electron-electron interactions and arbitrary boundary conditions are discussed.
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