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Dielectrics in a time-dependent electric field: a real-time approach based on density-polarization functional theory

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In the presence of a (time-dependent) macroscopic electric field the electron dynamics of dielectrics cannot be described by the time-dependent density only. We present a real-time formalism that has the density and the macroscopic polarization P as key quantities. We show that a simple local function of P already captures long-range correlation in linear and nonlinear optical response functions. Specifically, after detailing the numerical implementation, we examine the optical absorption, the second-and third-harmonic generation of bulk Si, GaAs, AlAs and CdTe at different level of approximation. We highlight links with ultranonlocal exchange-correlation functional approximations proposed within linear response time-dependent density functional theory framework.
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hal-01320532 , version 1 (24-05-2016)

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M Grüning, D Sangalli, Claudio Attaccalite. Dielectrics in a time-dependent electric field: a real-time approach based on density-polarization functional theory. Physical Review B, 2016, 94 (3), pp.035149. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.94.035149⟩. ⟨hal-01320532⟩
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