Dear all, I am having a problem defining a system which matches what I want.
I start by defining a rectangular graphene lattice of size 0<=x<L in the x direction and 0<=x<W in the y direction. (By "rectangular" I mean in the real space coordinates, not the crystallographic coordinates.) I want to attach a lead to the left-had end of this rectangle, going to minus infinity. Therefore, I define a lead with translational symmetry (-1,0) and the appropriate hopping. I attach the lead and plot the system. When I plot the system, I find that the lead has been attached along the (0,1) crystallographic direction (so, that is along the (1/2, sqrt(3)/3) real space vector). A triangle of extra sites have been added for x<0 (real space) so that the total shape of the scattering region is now not rectangular. If I attach another lead with lead.reversed(), a similar thing happens on the right of the sample so that my scattering region is now a parallelogram. As I understand it, this should not affect the physics in any way, since the lead is semi-infinite. But, if I want to draw pictures, plot functions over the scattering region, and gain physical understanding, it is a bit of a pain. So, my question is whether there is any way to make the lead attach along the (0,1) real space direction (which is the same as the (-1,2) crystallographic direction) and yet maintain the (-1,0) translational symmetry? If you require a sample program which reproduces this behavior then I can easily provide that, but I thought I should not extend an already long post unnecessarily. Thanks in advance. David
