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Symmetry and dimensions? #2
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Hi @qzhu2017, Thanks for commenting - I don't know very much about atomic/molecular crystals, but I just had a play with We define our crystals using lattice vectors and functions I'm hoping to add functions to make this simpler, so users don't have to define the equation of simple shapes like circles. If we could use |
@sp94 Maybe we use different languages here. When we describe a crystal, we need to know both lattice vectors and the atomic coordinates. The atomic coordinates may form a different set of wyckoff positions. From your description, it seems that you allow the user to change the lattice vectors. When you build a photonic crystal, do you change the atomic coordinates? |
Yes, different languages sorry! I mean "meta-atom" which is normally a nanoparticle and we can place it at any position within the unit cell. But I think it would still be useful to know the Wyckoff coordinates when positioning the meta-atoms. This is a good example: |
I see. Now I am getting to know this better. If you consider wyckoff position as an variable to tune the topology state, my experience on symmetry may be useful. Just to be clear, when you talk about the 2D crystals, what kind of symmetry are you talking about? Is it wall paper group or layer group? At the moment, we support the layer group. But adding the wall paper group is also easy. |
In this package we take 2D crystal to mean the geometry is infinite and homogeneous in the third direction, ie But I know examples of similar systems where the third dimension is not periodic, ie a 2D lattice of nanoparticles |
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@qzhu2017 I'll send you an email! |
I just came across this repo when I am exploring some interesting projects on GitHub. To be honest, I am new to photonics crystals. Just wonder if you guys consider the crystal packings with different symmetries? If yes, my ongoing project maybe useful for the design of new photonic crystals.
https://pyxtal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Currently, we support the generation of 1D/2D/3D packings based on rod/layer/space group symmetry relations. Please let me know if this would be linked to your project.
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