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We present an \textit{ab initio} framework to calculate anharmonic phonon frequency and phonon lifetime that is applicable to severely anharmonic systems. We employ self-consistent phonon (SCPH) theory with microscopic anharmonic force constants, which are extracted from density-functional calculations using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator technique. We apply the method to the high-temperature phase of SrTiO$_{3}$ and obtain well-defined phonon quasiparticles that are free from imaginary frequencies. Here we show that the anharmonic phonon frequency of the antiferrodistortive mode depends significantly on the system size near the critical temperature of the cubic-to-tetragonal phase transition. By applying perturbation theory to the SCPH result, phonon lifetimes are calculated for cubic SrTiO$_{3}$, which are then employed to predict lattice thermal conductivity using the Boltzmann transport equation within the relaxation-time approximation. The presented methodology is efficient and accurate, paving the way toward a reliable description of thermodynamic, dynamic, and transport properties of systems with severe anharmonicity, including thermoelectric, ferroelect

Author

Tadano, Terumasa; Tsuneyuki, Shinji

Published

2015

Language

EN