Manual for SALMON-v.1.2.1

May 21, 2019

SALMON is an open-source software based on first-principles time-dependent density functional theory to describe optical responses and electron dynamics in matters induced by light electromagnetic fields.

• Introduction
  • About SALMON
  • SALMON features
  • License
  • SALMON at Github
  • List of developers
  • Acknowledgements for SALMON developments
• Install and Run
  • Prerequisites
  • Download
  • Build and Install
  • Files necessary to run SALMON
  • Run SALMON
  • Appendix
  • Troubleshooting of the Installation Process
• Inputs
  • &units
  • &calculation
  • &control
  • &functional
  • &system
  • &pseudo
  • &atomic_coor
  • &atomic_red_coor
  • &rgrid
  • &kgrid
  • &scf
  • &hartree
  • &tgrid
  • &propagation
  • &emfield
  • &analysis
  • &multiscale
  • &parallel
• Exercises
  • Getting started
  • C2H2 (isolated molecules)
  • Crystalline silicon (periodic solids)
  • Maxwell + TDDFT multiscale simulation
  • FDTD simulation
• Reference
  • Suggested Citations

Appendix:

• List of all input keywords