XAS theory: Difference between revisions

From VASP Wiki
(Created page with "Since the excitation of core electrons into")
 
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
Since the excitation of core electrons into
X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) is a very strong (and experimentally heavily used) method for the characterization of materials.
The simulation involves the excitation of a core electron into valence/conduction bands. Since for most semiconductors and insulators the electron stays strongly localized on the atom, the inclusion electron-hole interactions in the calculations is absolutely crucial. For this means two methods are mainly used:
*Super-cell core-hole (SCH) method.
*Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) method.
 
== Super-cell core-hole mehod ==

Revision as of 09:38, 26 March 2019

X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) is a very strong (and experimentally heavily used) method for the characterization of materials. The simulation involves the excitation of a core electron into valence/conduction bands. Since for most semiconductors and insulators the electron stays strongly localized on the atom, the inclusion electron-hole interactions in the calculations is absolutely crucial. For this means two methods are mainly used:

  • Super-cell core-hole (SCH) method.
  • Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) method.

Super-cell core-hole mehod