"""Original free-electron Fermi circles relative to a square Brillouin zone.""" from pathlib import Path import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Circle,Rectangle fig,axes=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(8.2,4.5),layout="constrained") for ax,valence in zip(axes,[1,2]): radius=np.sqrt(2*valence/np.pi) ax.add_patch(Circle((0,0),radius,facecolor="#c9dfeb",edgecolor="#287fa8",lw=2)) ax.add_patch(Rectangle((-1,-1),2,2,facecolor="none",edgecolor="#555555",lw=1.8)) ax.axhline(0,color="#888888",lw=.7);ax.axvline(0,color="#888888",lw=.7) ax.set(xlim=(-1.43,1.43),ylim=(-1.43,1.43),xticks=[-1,0,1],yticks=[-1,0,1],xlabel=r"$k_x/(\pi/a)$",ylabel=r"$k_y/(\pi/a)$",title=f"{valence} electron{'s' if valence==2 else ''} per cell") ax.text(0,1.28,r"$k_F/(\pi/a)=$"+f"{radius:.3f}",ha="center",fontsize=10) ax.set_aspect("equal");ax.grid(alpha=.12) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name,dpi=120,facecolor="white") plt.close(fig)