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Theory of polarization of crystalline solids

R. D. King-Smith, +1 more
- 15 Jan 1993 - 
- Vol. 47, Iss: 3, pp 1651-1654
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It is shown that physically $\ensuremath{\Delta}P can be interpreted as a displacement of the center of charge of the Wannier functions.
Abstract
We consider the change in polarization \ensuremath{\Delta}P which occurs upon making an adiabatic change in the Kohn-Sham Hamiltonian of the solid. A simple expression for \ensuremath{\Delta}P is derived in terms of the valence-band wave functions of the initial and final Hamiltonians. We show that physically \ensuremath{\Delta}P can be interpreted as a displacement of the center of charge of the Wannier functions. The formulation is successfully applied to compute the piezoelectric tensor of GaAs in a first-principles pseudopotential calculation.

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