RESP: module for response properties based on HF and DFT

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Quick guides by examples

The following examples give the minimal inputs for starting response calculations (Input files and benchmark results can be found in bdf-pkg/tests/input/resp2014):

  1. Ground-state geometric derivatives

  2. Excited-state properties based on analytic derivatives

  3. Response properties based on linear and quadratic response functions

  4. First-order nonadiabatic couplings

  5. Alternative of TD-DFT: particle-particle TDA (pp-TDA) based properties

Keywords for general information

IPRT

Print level, >1 gives more information, >2 give more information about integral evaluations.

NPRT

CTHRD

IGNORE

-1: recomputes the TD-DFT excitation energy. This is mainly intended as an internal consistency check, to see if the implementation of $resp and $tddft are mutually consistent. For NAC calculations, this additionally prints the Hellmann-Feynman NAC (which is identical to the exact NAC in the infinite basis set limit but converges very slowly as the basis set is enlarged) for informational purposes.
0: default
1: skip the skewness check of Wmo. The skewness of the Wmo matrix is theoretically zero, but can obtain finite values when the TD-DFT and/or the Z-vector iterations are not fully converged, or if the program has a bug. The program by default aborts if the skewness of Wmo exceeds $3\times 10^{-5}$, and analyzes the possible reason for this deviation (either TD-DFT or Z-vector did not fully converge, or both). Setting ignore=1 bypasses this check so that the calculation can continue, but the results may be inaccurate.

Keyworks for processing excited-state information

IMETHOD,METHOD

=1, ground state gradients; =2, excited-state calculations which will load TD-DFT output.

NFILES

Linked with istore value in TD-DFT input for loading output.

Keyword for geometric derivatives

GEOM: NORDER

GEOM enables geometric derivatives, NORDER=1, gradient and fo-NACMEs; =2, hessian (not implemented yet.)

IREP and IROOT

Specify which root should be followed in a TD-DFT gradient calculation. Example: 

irep
2
iroot
3

requests the calculation of the TD-DFT gradient of the 3rd excited state of the 2nd irrep, while 

iroot
3

will calculate the TD-DFT gradient of the 3rd lowest excited state among all irreps. That is, the excited states of all irreps are sorted in ascending order according to excitation energy, and the 3rd excited state is followed.

JAHNTELLER

When the excited state is degenerate due to symmetry reasons, the molecule will undergo Jahn-Teller distortion (unless the molecule is linear), but there is some arbitrariness in the direction of the distortion. For example, a molecule with $I_h$ symmetry in the triplet degenerate $T_{2g}$ excited state can reduce its symmetry into any one of the following groups: $D_{2h}$, $D_{3d}$, $D_{5d}$, as well as their subgroups. Therefore, in a TD-DFT geometry optimization, the point group symmetry of the molecule in the second geometry optimization step may be lower than the molecule in the first geometry optimization step. With the JAHNTELLER keyword, one can specify the point group symmetry of the distorted molecule and thereby guide the geometry optimization in the correct direction. For example: 

jahnteller
D(2h)

requests that the Jahn-Teller distorted molecule should have at least $D_{2h}$ symmetry. If this is impossible due to group theoretic reasons, the program prints a warning and ignores the user input. The default behavior is to keep the highest symmetry possible: thus, in the aforementioned case, the geometry optimization will continue with $D_{5d}$ symmetry, since this preserves the five-fold axis.

Keywords for linear response calculations

LINE

Enable linear response

REDUCED

Solve the response equation in its reduced form [(A-B)(A+B)-w2](X+Y)=Rvo+Rov (not preferred).

POLA: AOPER, BOPER, BFREQ

Polarizabiity: <<A;B>>(wB), where the operators A and B can be dipole (DIP), quadruple (QUA), SOC (HSO), EFG.

Keywords for quadratic response calculations

QUAD

Enable quadratic response function (QRF) calculations

HYPE: AOPER, BOPER, BFREQ, COPER, CFREQ

Hyperpolarizability: <<A;B,C>>(wB,wC)

SINGLE:STATES

Single residue of QRF, STATES can be used to specify the number of states followed by a detailed specification via the triple (ifile,isym,istate).

DOUBLE: PAIRS

Double residue of QRF, PAIRS can be used to specify the number of pairs followed by a detailed specification via two triples (ifile,isym,istate,jfile,isym,jstate).

FNAC

First-order nonadiabatic couplings

NORESP

Neglect the response part of transition density matrix in DOUBLE and FNAC calculations (recommended)

Keywords for finite difference calculations

FDIF

Enable finite difference calculations

STEP

followed by a real number for the step size, default 0.001 [unit].

BOHR

The default unit is angstrom, to use bohr. This keyword must be specified.