title: Time-dependent density-functional theory in the projector augmented-wave method.
abstract: We present the implementation of the time-dependent density-functional theory both in linear-response and in time-propagation formalisms using the projector augmented-wave method in real-space grids. The two technically very different methods are compared in the linear-response regime where we found perfect agreement in the calculated photoabsorption spectra. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the two methods as well as their convergence properties. We demonstrate different applications of the methods by calculating excitation energies and excited state Born-Oppenheimer potential surfaces for a set of atoms and molecules with the linear-response method and by calculating nonlinear emission spectra using the time-propagation method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, FIN-40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland. michael.walter@phys.jyu.fi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Hannu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Häkkinen
authors.forename: Lauri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lehtovaara
authors.forename: Martti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puska
authors.forename: Jussi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Enkovaara
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rostgaard
authors.forename: Jens Jorgen
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mortensen