Simulating Electron Dynamics with GPU-Accelerated Real-Time Tamm-Dancoff Approximation

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Auteurs principaux: Knoll, Thomas, Levine, Benjamin G.
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author Knoll, Thomas
Levine, Benjamin G.
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Levine, Benjamin G.
contents Time-dependent electronic structure methods provide an efficient, accurate, and robust alternative to traditional time dependent methods for computing both linear and non-linear optical properties. With this in mind, we have developed the real-time Tamm-Dancoff approximation (RT-TDA). This is an approach to model electron dynamics by propagating the linear-response time-dependent density functional theory (LR-TDDFT) amplitudes within the Tamm-Dancoff approximation (TDA) and adiabatic approximation. Because the electronic structure is propagated in real-time in a many-electron basis, RT-TDA overcomes known limitations of adiabatic Kohn-Sham RT-TDDFT for describing dynamics in intense fields. Acceleration by graphic processing units (GPUs) enables simulations of larger molecules and on longer timescales. To demonstrate the utility of our approach, we present the calculations of the linear absorption spectrum of a large organic molecule (120 heavy atoms), of Rabi oscillations, and of nonlinear 2-photon absorption, in which we observe the AC Stark effect.
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spellingShingle Simulating Electron Dynamics with GPU-Accelerated Real-Time Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
Knoll, Thomas
Levine, Benjamin G.
Chemical Physics
Time-dependent electronic structure methods provide an efficient, accurate, and robust alternative to traditional time dependent methods for computing both linear and non-linear optical properties. With this in mind, we have developed the real-time Tamm-Dancoff approximation (RT-TDA). This is an approach to model electron dynamics by propagating the linear-response time-dependent density functional theory (LR-TDDFT) amplitudes within the Tamm-Dancoff approximation (TDA) and adiabatic approximation. Because the electronic structure is propagated in real-time in a many-electron basis, RT-TDA overcomes known limitations of adiabatic Kohn-Sham RT-TDDFT for describing dynamics in intense fields. Acceleration by graphic processing units (GPUs) enables simulations of larger molecules and on longer timescales. To demonstrate the utility of our approach, we present the calculations of the linear absorption spectrum of a large organic molecule (120 heavy atoms), of Rabi oscillations, and of nonlinear 2-photon absorption, in which we observe the AC Stark effect.
title Simulating Electron Dynamics with GPU-Accelerated Real-Time Tamm-Dancoff Approximation
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16949