Ubuntu Manpage: mpb-data - transformations of HDF5 files output by MPB

NAME

       mpb-data - transformations of HDF5 files output by MPB

SYNOPSIS

       mpb-data [OPTION]... [HDF5FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       mpb-data  is  a utility to perform additional processing and transformations of HDF5 files
       output by MPB, the MIT Photonic-Bands program.  In particular, it is designed to make  the
       output  more  amenable  to  visualization  by  reformatting  it  into  a rectangular grid,
       extending it to multiple periods, and rescaling the data.

       MIT Photonic Bands (MPB) is a free program to  compute  the  band  structures  (dispersion
       relations) and electromagnetic modes of periodic dielectric structures.

       HDF5  is  a  free, portable binary format and supporting library developed by the National
       Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in  Urbana-Champaign.
       A  single  h5 file can contain multiple data sets; by default, mpb-data operates on all of
       the MPB-produced datasets in the file, but this can be changed via the -d  option,  or  by
       using the syntax HDF5FILE:DATASET.

       mpb-data  writes  its  output  datasets  as additional datasets in the input file(s), with
       "-new" appended to the dataset names.   Alternatively,  it  can  write  its  output  to  a
       separate file, specified by the -o option.

       Note  also  that, by default, the output datasets are identical to the input datasets; you
       must use one or more of the options below to specify a transformation (e.g. the -r/-e  and
       -n options are very useful).

OPTIONS

-h Display help on the command-line options and usage.

-V Print the version number and copyright info for mpb-data.

-v Verbose output.

-o file
Write output datasets to file (for the first input file only) rather than as
additional datasets in the input file(s) (the default).

-r Output a rectangular cell with the same volume as the cell of the input data. This
option is particularly useful for visualizing data from non-orthogonal unit cells
(e.g. a triangular lattice), as otherwise the data will appear skewed or warped in
most graphics programs. This option should almost always be accompanied by the -n
option to ensure a uniform resolution.

-e x,y,z
As the -r option, but also make the first axis of the output along the x,y,z
direction (in Cartesian coordinates) instead of along the first lattice vector as
for -r.

-n n Output n grid points per lattice unit ("a"). This is useful not only for
interpolating to finer (or coarser) resolutions, but also to ensure that the
resolution is uniform in each direction (to prevent the data from looking distorted
when you visualize it).

-x mx, -y my, -z mz
This tells mpb-data to output multiple periods in the corresponding lattice
directions. to use a particular slice of a two- or three-dimensional dataset.
e.g. -x 3.2 causes the output of 3.2 periods in the first lattice direction. The
default is to output only a single period.

-m s Output s periods in each lattice direction; equivalent to: -x s -y s -z s.

-T The output has the first two dimensions (x and y) transposed. This is useful in
conjunction with the parallel (MPI) version of MPB, which for performance reasons
outputs all arrays with the first two dimensions transposed. -T can undo this
transposition.

-p Pixellized output. Normally, the input data is linearly interpolated to the output
grid, but the -p option causes it to instead use the nearest grid point in the
input data. This is useful, for example, if you want to study the discretization
of the dielectric-function representation.

-d name
Use dataset name from the input files; otherwise, the first dataset from each file
is used. Alternatively, use the syntax HDF5FILE:DATASET, which allows you to
specify a different dataset for each file. You can use the h5ls command (included
with hdf5) to find the names of datasets within a file.

BUGS

       Send bug reports to S. G. Johnson, stevenj@alum.mit.edu.

AUTHORS