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The topology of the electron density for congruent melting oxyborate Bi2ZnOB2O6 and CaBi2B2O7 is studied in light of the theory of atoms in molecules. All the electron density critical points in the unit cell are systematically calculated. What makes these compounds most interesting is a rich collection of B-O long-distance bond paths. We focus on the study of the asymmetric bonds and basins forming the anisotropic B2O5 groups in these compounds. B2O5 shows transferable contributions to the crystal, with long bond paths. We relate these observations to the strong behavior, which favorites its application to the second harmonic generation field. Wherefore, the analyses of bonding and related optical properties as well as the multipole moments of the CaBi2B2O7 compounds are predicted for the first time. CaBi2B2O7 exhibits some uniaxial dielectric anisotropy resulting in a strong birefringence. We also report calculations of the complex second-order optical susceptibility dispersion for the principal tensor components and evaluate their intra-and inter-band contributions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: An ab initio study of the band structure, density of states, topology of the electron density and the spectral features of the linear and non-linear optical properties of the Ga2AsSb chalcopyrite are presented. The lattice parameters (a, c), the internal structure parameter, u, describing the position of Ga atom and the (c/a) ratio are optimized. The covalent bonding character is predicted via analyzing the electron density at the equilibrium geometry. The linear optical properties namely the real and imaginary parts of dielectric function, reflectivity, electron energy loss function and refractive index are calculated. This compound has a large uniaxial dielectric anisotropy and a large negative birefringence. Based on the density functional theory the non-linear optical properties are calculated and their spectra are analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The complex density functional theory (DFT) calculations of structural, electronic, linear and nonlinear optical properties for the defect chalcopyrite CdAl2Se4 compound have been reported using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method as implemented in the WIEN2k code. We employed the Wu and Cohen generalized gradient approximation (GGA-WC), which is based on exchange–correlation energy optimization to calculate the total energy. Also we have used the Engel–Vosko GGA formalism, which optimizes the corresponding potential for band structure, density of states and the spectral features of the linear and nonlinear optical properties. This compound has a wide direct energy band gap of about 2.927eV with both the valence band maximum and conduction band minimum located at the center of the Brillouin zone. The ground state quantities such as lattice parameters (a, c, x, y and z), bulk modulus B and its pressure derivative B′ are evaluated. We have calculated the frequency-dependent complex , its zero-frequency limit , refractive index , birefringence , the reflectivity and electron energy loss function . Calculations are reported for the frequency-dependent complex second-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities. We find opposite signs of the contributions of the 2ω and 1ω inter/intra-band to the imaginary part for the dominant component through the wide optical frequency range. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

We report results from first-principles density functional calculations using the full-potential linear augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and the Engel-Vosko-generalized gradient approximation (EV-GGA) were used for the exchange-correlation energy of the structural, electronic, linear and nonlinear optical properties of the chalcopyrite Ga2PSb compound. The valence band maximum (VBM) is located at the Γv point, and the conduction band minimum (CBM) is located at the Γc point, resulting in a direct band gap of about 0.365 eV for GGA and 0.83 eV for EV-GGA. In comparison with the experimental one (1.2 eV) we found that EV-GGA calculation gives energy gap in reasonable agreement with the experiment. The spin orbit coupling has marginal influence on the optical properties. The ground state quantities such as lattice parameters (a, c and u), bulk modules B and its pressure derivative B′are evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Density functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) is used to investigate the electronic structure and formation energies of semi-carbides M2C and sub-carbides M4C (where M=V, Cr, Nb, Mo, Ta and W). Our results show that M2C carbides are more stable than M4C. Total and partial densities of states were obtained and analyzed systematically for these phases. Moreover, the bonding nature of M2C polymorphs is studied from the point of view of the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM). It is found that inter-atomic interactions in these carbides are of mixed type including ionic, covalent and metallic components. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Some physical properties of the cubic perovskites CsXF3 (X = Ca, Sr and Hg) have been investigated using pseudopotential plane-wave method based on the density functional theory. The calculated lattice parameters within GGA and LDA agree reasonably with the available experimental data. The elastic constants and their pressure derivatives are predicted using the static finite strain technique. We derived the bulk and shear moduli, Young''s modulus, Poisson''s ratio and Lamé’s constants for ideal polycrystalline aggregates. The analysis of B/G ratio indicates that CsXF3 (X = Ca, Sr and Hg) are ductile materials. The thermal effect on the volume, bulk modulus, heat capacity and Debye temperature was predicted. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]