kwant.lattice.
Monatomic
(prim_vecs, offset=None, name='', norbs=None)[source]¶Bases: kwant.builder.SiteFamily
, kwant.lattice.Polyatomic
A Bravais lattice with a single site in the basis.
Instances of this class provide the SiteFamily
interface.
Site tags (see SiteFamily
) are sequences of integers and
describe the lattice coordinates of a site.
Monatomic
instances are used as site families on their own or as
sublattices of Polyatomic
lattices.
Parameters: | prim_vecs : 2d array-like of floats
offset : vector of floats
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Attributes
``offset`` | (vector) Displacement of the lattice origin from the real space coordinates origin |
Methods
n_closest
(pos, n=1)[source]¶Find n sites closest to position pos
.
Returns: | sites : numpy array
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neighbors
(n=1, eps=1e-08)[source]¶Return n-th nearest neighbor hoppings.
Parameters: | n : integer
eps : float
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Returns: | hoppings : list of kwant.builder.HopplingKind objects
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Notes
The hoppings are ordered lexicographically according to sublattice from which they originate, sublattice on which they end, and their lattice coordinates. Out of the two equivalent hoppings (a hopping and its reverse) only the lexicographically larger one is returned.
shape
(function, start)[source]¶Return a key for all the lattice sites inside a given shape.
The object returned by this method is primarily meant to be used as a
key for indexing Builder
instances. See example below.
Parameters: | function : callable
start : 1d array-like
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Returns: | shape_sites : function |
Notes
When the function returned by this method is called, a flood-fill algorithm finds and yields all the lattice sites inside the specified shape starting from the specified position.
A Symmetry
or Builder
may be passed as
sole argument when calling the function returned by this method. This
will restrict the flood-fill to the fundamental domain of the symmetry
(or the builder’s symmetry). Note that unless the shape function has
that symmetry itself, the result may be unexpected.
Examples
>>> def circle(pos):
... x, y = pos
... return x**2 + y**2 < 100
...
>>> lat = kwant.lattice.honeycomb()
>>> syst = kwant.Builder()
>>> syst[lat.shape(circle, (0, 0))] = 0
>>> syst[lat.neighbors()] = 1
vec
(int_vec)[source]¶Return the coordinates of a Bravais lattice vector in real space.
Parameters: | vec : integer vector |
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Returns: | output : real vector |
wire
(center, radius)[source]¶Return a key for all the lattice sites inside an infinite cylinder.
This method makes it easy to define cylindrical (2d: rectangular) leads
that point in any direction. The object returned by this method is
primarily meant to be used as a key for indexing Builder
instances. See example below.
Parameters: | center : 1d array-like of floats
radius : float
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Notes
The function returned by this method is to be called with a
TranslationalSymmetry instance (or a
Builder
instance whose symmetry is used then) as sole
argument. All the lattice sites (in the fundamental domain of the
symmetry) inside the specified infinite cylinder are yielded. The
direction of the cylinder is determined by the symmetry.
Examples
>>> lat = kwant.lattice.honeycomb()
>>> sym = kwant.TranslationalSymmetry(lat.a.vec((-2, 1)))
>>> lead = kwant.Builder(sym)
>>> lead[lat.wire((0, -5), 5)] = 0
>>> lead[lat.neighbors()] = 1
Attributes