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convert zincblende plotting example to jupyter-sphinx

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......@@ -193,7 +193,28 @@ visible. The hoppings are also plotted in order to show the underlying lattice.
.. seealso::
The complete source code of this example can be found in
:download:`plot_zincblende.py </code/download/plot_zincblende.py>`
:jupyter-download:script:`plot_zincblende`
.. jupyter-kernel::
:id: plot_zincblende
.. jupyter-execute::
:hide-code:
# Tutorial 2.8.2. 3D example: zincblende structure
# ================================================
#
# Physical background
# -------------------
# - 3D Bravais lattices
#
# Kwant features highlighted
# --------------------------
# - demonstrate different ways of plotting in 3D
from matplotlib import pyplot
import kwant
Zincblende is a very common crystal structure of semiconductors. It is a
face-centered cubic crystal with two inequivalent atoms in the unit cell
......@@ -202,18 +223,29 @@ structure, but two equivalent atoms per unit cell).
It is very easily generated in Kwant with `kwant.lattice.general`:
.. literalinclude:: /code/include/plot_zincblende.py
:start-after: #HIDDEN_BEGIN_zincblende1
:end-before: #HIDDEN_END_zincblende1
.. jupyter-execute::
lat = kwant.lattice.general([(0, 0.5, 0.5), (0.5, 0, 0.5), (0.5, 0.5, 0)],
[(0, 0, 0), (0.25, 0.25, 0.25)])
a, b = lat.sublattices
Note how we keep references to the two different sublattices for later use.
A three-dimensional structure is created as easily as in two dimensions, by
using the `~kwant.lattice.PolyatomicLattice.shape`-functionality:
.. literalinclude:: /code/include/plot_zincblende.py
:start-after: #HIDDEN_BEGIN_zincblende2
:end-before: #HIDDEN_END_zincblende2
.. jupyter-execute::
def make_cuboid(a=15, b=10, c=5):
def cuboid_shape(pos):
x, y, z = pos
return 0 <= x < a and 0 <= y < b and 0 <= z < c
syst = kwant.Builder()
syst[lat.shape(cuboid_shape, (0, 0, 0))] = None
syst[lat.neighbors()] = None
return syst
We restrict ourselves here to a simple cuboid, and do not bother to add real
values for onsite and hopping energies, but only the placeholder ``None`` (in a
......@@ -222,13 +254,11 @@ real calculation, several atomic orbitals would have to be considered).
`~kwant.plotter.plot` can plot 3D systems just as easily as its two-dimensional
counterparts:
.. literalinclude:: /code/include/plot_zincblende.py
:start-after: #HIDDEN_BEGIN_plot1
:end-before: #HIDDEN_END_plot1
.. jupyter-execute::
resulting in
syst = make_cuboid()
.. image:: /code/figure/plot_zincblende_syst1.*
kwant.plot(syst);
You might notice that the standard options for plotting are quite different in
3D than in 2D. For example, by default hoppings are not printed, but sites are
......@@ -250,14 +280,18 @@ Also for 3D it is possible to customize the plot. For example, we
can explicitly plot the hoppings as lines, and color sites differently
depending on the sublattice:
.. literalinclude:: /code/include/plot_zincblende.py
:start-after: #HIDDEN_BEGIN_plot2
:end-before: #HIDDEN_END_plot2
.. jupyter-execute::
which results in a 3D plot that allows to interactively (when plotted
in a window) explore the crystal structure:
syst = make_cuboid(a=1.5, b=1.5, c=1.5)
.. image:: /code/figure/plot_zincblende_syst2.*
def family_colors(site):
return 'r' if site.family == a else 'g'
kwant.plot(syst, site_size=0.18, site_lw=0.01, hop_lw=0.05,
site_color=family_colors);
which results in a 3D plot that allows to interactively (when plotted
in a window) explore the crystal structure.
Hence, a few lines of code using Kwant allow to explore all the different
crystal lattices out there!
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