Excited State Properties of Point Defects in Semiconductors and Insulators Investigated with Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
At a Glance
Section titled “At a Glance”| Metadata | Details |
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| Publication Date | 2023-12-01 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation |
| Authors | Yu Jin, Victor Wen‐zhe Yu, Marco Govoni, Andrew Xu, Giulia Galli |
| Institutions | University of Chicago, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia |
| Citations | 34 |
Abstract
Section titled “Abstract”We present a formulation of spin-conserving and spin-flip hybrid time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), including the calculation of analytical forces, which allows for efficient calculations of excited state properties of solid-state systems with hundreds to thousands of atoms. We discuss an implementation on both GPU- and CPU-based architectures along with several acceleration techniques. We then apply our formulation to the study of several point defects in semiconductors and insulators, specifically the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy and neutral silicon-vacancy centers in diamond, the neutral divacancy center in 4H silicon carbide, and the neutral oxygen-vacancy center in magnesium oxide. Our results highlight the importance of taking into account structural relaxations in excited states in order to interpret and predict optical absorption and emission mechanisms in spin defects.