$tight-binding-parameters

This part is preliminary. It is not working yet.

$tight-binding-parameters                            optional !

 material-name                         character     required !

 ! basis
 number-of-ions                        integer       required !
 name-ion-1                            character     required !
 name-ion-2                            character     optional !

 ! states
 spin-orbit-ion-1-p                    double        required ! ion 1 spin orbit (p)
 spin-orbit-ion-1-d                    double        required ! ion 1 spin orbit (d)
 spin-orbit-ion-2-p                    double        optional ! ion 2 spin orbit (p)
 spin-orbit-ion-2-d                    double        optional ! ion 2 spin orbit (d)

 ! interaction between s and p orbitals
 ! interaction between s and d orbitals (in our case: zero)

 number-of-orbitals-per-ion-1          integer       required !
 number-of-orbitals-per-ion-2          integer       optional !
 onsite-ion-1-s                        double        required ! ion 1 onsite (s) [eV]
 onsite-ion-1-p                        double        required ! ion 1 onsite (p) [eV]
 onsite-ion-1-s*                       double        required ! ion 1 onsite (s*) [eV]
 onsite-ion-1-d                        double        required ! ion 1 onsite (d) [eV]
 onsite-ion-2-s                        double        optional ! ion 2 onsite (s) [eV]
 onsite-ion-2-p                        double        optional ! ion 2 onsite (p) [eV]
 onsite-ion-2-s*                       double        optional ! ion 2 onsite (s*) [eV]
 onsite-ion-2-d                        double        optional ! ion 2 onsite (d) [eV]
 offset-ion-1                          double        required ! ion 1 [eV]
 offset-ion-2                          double        optional ! ion 2 [eV]

 ! Tight-binding couplings
 number-of-pairs                       integer       required !
 pair-1-ion-1                          character     required !
 pair-1-ion-2                          character     optional !
 pair-1-number-of-parameters           integer       required !
 pair-1-nearest-neighbors              integer       required !
 ion-ion-coupling-1                    character     required !
 ion-ion-coupling-1-sss                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-sps                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ss*s               double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-sds                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-pss                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-pps                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ps*s               double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-pds                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-s*ss               double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-s*ps               double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-s*s*s              double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-s*ds               double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-dss                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-dps                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ds*s               double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-dds                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ppp                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-pdp                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-dpp                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ddp                double_array  required ! [eV],[]
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ddd                double_array  required ! [eV],[]

 ion-ion-pair-1-reference-distance-nn  double        required ! [nm]

$end_tight-binding-parameters                        optional !

Example

!---------------------------------------------------------------------!
$tight-binding-parameters

 !----------------------------------------------
 ! Si tight-binding parameters (c) Jean Marc Jancu
 !----------------------------------------------

 material-name                       = Si

 ! basis
 number-of-ions                      = 1         !
 name-ion-1                          = Si

 ! states
 spin-orbit-ion-1-p                  = 0.0195    ! Si spin orbit (p)
 spin-orbit-ion-1-d                  = 0.0000    ! Si spin orbit (d)

 ! interaction between s and p orbtals
 ! interaction between s and d orbitals (in our case: zero)

 number-of-orbitals-per-ion-1        = 4          ! Si
 onsite-ion-1-s                      = -2.0196    ! Si onsite (s)
 onsite-ion-1-p                      =  4.5448    ! Si onsite (p)
 onsite-ion-1-s*                     = 19.6748    ! Si onsite (s*)
 onsite-ion-1-d                      = 14.1836    ! Si onsite (d)
 offset-ion-1                        = 0.0        ! Si  eV

! Tight-binding couplings
 number-of-pairs                     = 1
 pair-1-ion-1                        = Si
 pair-1-ion-2                        = Si
 pair-1-number-of-parameters         = 21
 pair-1-nearest-neighbors            = 1
 ion-ion-coupling-1                  = 'sss sps ss*s sds pss pps ps*s pds s*ss s*ps s*s*s s*ds dss dps ds*s dds ppp pdp dpp ddp ddd'
 ion-ion-coupling-1-sss              = -1.9413      3.672d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-sps              =  2.7836      2.488d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ss*s             = -1.6933      0.000d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-sds              = -2.7998      1.869d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-pss              =  2.7836      2.488d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-pps              =  4.1068      2.187d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ps*s             =  2.8428      1.919d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-pds              = -2.1073      1.830d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-s*ss             = -1.6933      0.000d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-s*ps             =  2.8428      1.919d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-s*s*s            = -3.3081      0.000d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-s*ds             = -0.7003      2.000d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-dss              = -2.7998      1.869d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-dps              = -2.1073      1.830d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ds*s             = -0.7003      2.000d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-dds              = -1.2327      2.000d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ppp              = -1.5934      3.711d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-pdp              =  1.9977      2.093d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-dpp              =  1.9977      2.093d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ddp              =  2.5145      2.000d0
 ion-ion-coupling-1-ddd              = -2.4734      2.000d0

 ion-ion-pair-1-reference-distance-nn = 2.351259e-10 ! m -> A ! do not change! very sensitive

$end_tight-binding-parameters
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