Re: extending field solutions with mpb-data

On Sep 14, 2008, at 7:42 PM, Matt Eichenfield wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> It seems like the program "mpb-data -m M" just tiles field solutions  
> M times, ignorning the plane-wave phase of the solutions as you move  
> from one unit cell to another.  It needs to know the k-vector of the  
> solution to extend the fields into neighboring unit cells.

No, mpb-data knows the k-vector (which is stored in the .h5 file) and  
uses it to change the phase appropriately.  See, for example, the  
field plots in the "data analysis tutorial" in the manual.

Steven