PP Card

This card defines the phase shift of the excitation between one unit cell and the next for periodic boundary conditions. The unit cell for a PBC calculation is specified with the PE card.

On the Home tab, in the Planes / arrays group, click the Periodic boundary icon. From the drop-down list, click the Periodic phase (PP) icon.

Parameters:

Manually specify phase shift: The phase shift is manually specified.
Determine phase shift from plane-wave excitation: When a plane wave is used as excitation the phase difference between the cells cannot be specified, but is determined by the excitation.
Determine phase shift from beam pointing (“squint”) angle:: The phase shift is determined by specifying the theta and phi angle of the “squint” angle.
Phase shift in ${\hat{u}}_{1}$ direction (degrees): Phase shift in the first direction, ${\hat{u}}_{1}$ .
Phase shift in ${\hat{u}}_{2}$ direction (degrees): Phase shift in the second direction, ${\hat{u}}_{2}$ .

One dimension:

Theta angle (degrees): Orientation of the squint angle. The angle, theta, in degrees is the angle between the squint angle and the plane defined by the ${\hat{u}}_{1}$ vector.

Two dimensions:

Theta angle (degrees): Orientation of the squint angle. The angle, theta, in degrees is the angle between the squint angle and the $u_{1} = 0$ plane.
Phi angle (degrees): Orientation of the squint angle. The angle, phi, in degrees is the angle between the squint angle and the plane defined by the ${\hat{u}}_{1}$ vector.

Note that multiple PP cards can be used in a model but only one PE card can be used.