Octopus

From Free Software Directory
Jump to: navigation, search


[edit]

octopus

http://www.tddft.org/programs/octopus
Electronic structure based on time-dependent density functional theory

'octopus' is a computer package for the simulation of the electron-ion dynamics of finite systems in one and three dimensions under the influence of time-dependent electromagnetic fields. The electronic degrees of freedom are treated quantum mechanically within the time-dependent Kohn-Sham formalism, while the ions are handled classically. All quantities are expanded in a regular mesh in real-space; the simulations are performed in real-time. 'octopus' can also obtain static properties like ground-state geometries or static polarizabilities although it is not optimzed for this). The method employed proved quite reliable and general, and has been successfully used to calculate linear and non-linear absorption spectra, harmonic spectra, laser induced fragmentation, etc. of a variety of systems, from small clusters to medium sized quantum dots.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Kelly Hopkins

Verified on

7 December 2009




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
David Strubbe Contributor
Xavier Andrade Maintainer
Micael Oliveira Contributor
Alberto Castro Contributor
Danilo Nitsche Contributor
Carlo Rozzi Contributor
Miguel A. L. Marques Maintainer
Heiko Appel Contributor


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
SupportE-mailmailto:octopus-users@tddft.org
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttp://www.tddft.org/svn/octopus/trunk
Ruby (Ref)https://rubygems.org/gems/octopus
Savannah (Ref)https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/octopus
HelpE-mailmailto:octopus-announce@tddft.org


Software prerequisites




Entry








































Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the page “GNU Free Documentation License”.

The copyright and license notices on this page only apply to the text on this page. Any software or copyright-licenses or other similar notices described in this text has its own copyright notice and license, which can usually be found in the distribution or license text itself.