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Example outputs produced by QE-to-TCAD after a full calculation.

Carbon (diamond, Fd-3m)

Extracted properties:

  • ε₀ ≈ 6.74 (experimental: 6.72)
  • ω_p ≈ 28.9 eV
  • Isotropy: |ε_x − ε_y| < 0.01 %
  • Zero-crossing (plasma frequency) at ~12.3 eV

C — Real dielectric function dispersion εᵣ(ω)

High-resolution PNG figures are generated in plots/:

qe-plot C
# → plots/C_dielectric_dispersion.png

Silicon (cubic, Fd-3m)

Example exported JSON (parsed_data/Si.json):

PropertyComputed value
Band gap1.68 eV (indirect)
ε₀~15.9
m*_e0.12 m₀
m*_h0.85 m₀

Materials available / in progress

MaterialStructureStatus
CDiamond (Fd-3m)✓ Validated
SiCubic (Fd-3m)✓ Available
GeCubic (Fd-3m)✓ Available
SiGeAlloy✓ Available
FeMetal✓ Available
ZnHexagonal (P6₃/mmc)In progress
Graphene2DIn progress

See the parsed_data/ folder in the repository for full JSON files.

Convergence curves

python3 plot_convergence_progressive.py convergence_data/Si_convergence.json

Produces plots showing total energy and band-gap evolution versus ecutwfc and k-points.

TCAD validation — SiGe

1D device simulation results obtained with qe-tcad from SiGe properties exported by the pipeline.

Diode

Forward-bias I–V characteristic and electrostatic potential profile at equilibrium.

TCAD validation — SiGe (diode): I-V characteristic and equilibrium potential

qe-tcad SiGe diode

NPN transistor

I–V characteristic and equilibrium potential profile for a SiGe NPN transistor.

TCAD validation — SiGe (NPN transistor): I-V characteristic and potential profile

qe-tcad SiGe transistor

Reproduce these results

qe-bridge SiGe
qe-plot SiGe
qe-tcad SiGe diode
qe-tcad SiGe transistor

See Usage for the full guide.