tbplas.get_lattice_area

tbplas.get_lattice_area(lattice_vectors: ndarray, direction: str = 'c') → float

Calculate the area along given direction.

Parameters:

lattice_vectors – (3, 3) float64 array Cartesian coordinates of lattice vectors
direction – direction along which the area is evaluated, should be in (“a”, “b”, “c”)

Returns:

area along given direction in squared unit of lattice vectors

Raises:

ValueError – if direction is not in (“a”, “b”, “c”)