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<span id="labelkmesh"></span><h1>k-mesh generator<a class="headerlink" href="#k-mesh-generator" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>This utility can be used to generate a 2D <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(k\)</span>-mesh centered at a given <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(k\)</span>-point and in a given <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(k\)</span>-plane. This is particularly useful in computing 2D spin-textures and plotting 2D Fermi-surfaces. For example, the following command creates a 2D <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(k_{x}\)</span>-<span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(k_{y}\)</span> -mesh centered at the <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(\Gamma\)</span> point (<span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(k_{z}= 0\)</span>) ranging from coordinates (-0.5, -0.5, 0.0) to (0.5, 0.5, 0.0) with a grid size of 0.02:</p>
<p>General format:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pyprocar</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">generate2dkmesh</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">y1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">x2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">y2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">grid_size</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Usage:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pyprocar</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">generate2dkmesh</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mf">0.02</span><span class="p">)</span>
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