TransitionOrbitalPlot plots a pair of natural transition orbitals of a ground-to-excited-state transition.

The index of the excited state can be set with the optional keyword state, i.e. state = 1 (default) sets the first excited state where the excited states are ordered from lowest to highest in energy.  

The index of the orbital pair can be set with the optional keyword state, i.e. orbitalindex = 1 (default) sets the orbital pair associated with the largest singular value.  The orbital pair consists of a natural transition orbital of the ground state and a natural transition orbital of the excited state.  

The 3D plot shows the electron densities of the ground-state natural transition orbital (left) and the excited-state natural transition orbital (right), both of which are associated with the same singular value.  The natural transition orbitals reveal the most significant orbitals (those with the largest singular values) that are involved in the transition from the electronic ground state to the electronic excited state.

Methods, set by the method keyword, include 'HartreeFock' (default) and 'DensityFunctional'.

The number n of excited states in the calculation is determined by the optional keyword nstates.  If nstates = n, then n singlet and n triplet states are computed.  If nstates=[n,m], then n singlet and m triplet states are computed.  By default, nstates = 6.  

When the HartreeFock method is selected, transition orbitals can be computed from either the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) or the configuration interaction singles (CIS) method.  By default TDHF is performed.  TDHF and CIS can be directly selected by setting the optional keyword excited_states to the string "TDHF" or "CIS".   

When the DensityFunctional method is selected, transition orbitals can be computed from either the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) or the Tamm-Dancoff approximation (TDA) method.  By default TDDFT is performed.  TDDFT and TDA can be directly selected by setting the optional keyword excited_states to the string "TDDFT" or "TDA".    

The result depends upon the chosen molecule, method, and basis set among other options such as charge, spin, and symmetry.  The ground-state molecule must be in a singlet state, that is spin = 0.

The command only works with methods that return excitation energies.

The command accepts options keywords of not only the method but also DensityPlot3D.

Because the methods employ Maple remember tables, the procedure only computes the transition orbitals if they have not been previously computed by calling the method directly or indirectly through another property.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{QuantumChemistry}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{molecule} ≔ \mathrm{MolecularGeometry}\left(''uracil''\right)\;$

$\mathrm{molecule}≔\left[\left[''O''\,2.32640000\,0.96510000\,0.00010000\right]\,\left[''O''\,\mathrm{-2.29720000}\,1.02320000\,0.00050000\right]\,\left[''N''\,0.01800000\,1.01990000\,\mathrm{-0.00020000}\right]\,\left[''N''\,1.16370000\,\mathrm{-1.02210000}\,0.00010000\right]\,\left[''C''\,1.25240000\,0.36290000\,0\right]\,\left[''C''\,\mathrm{-1.23150000}\,0.41410000\,\mathrm{-0.00040000}\right]\,\left[''C''\,\mathrm{-0.02680000}\,\mathrm{-1.69550000}\,0.00020000\right]\,\left[''C''\,\mathrm{-1.20490000}\,\mathrm{-1.06760000}\,\mathrm{-0.00020000}\right]\,\left[''H''\,0.03820000\,2.03570000\,\mathrm{-0.00010000}\right]\,\left[''H''\,2.01870000\,\mathrm{-1.57020000}\,0.00040000\right]\,\left[''H''\,\mathrm{-2.14430000}\,\mathrm{-1.60630000}\,\mathrm{-0.00020000}\right]\,\left[''H''\,0.04690000\,\mathrm{-2.77610000}\,0.00040000\right]\right]$

$\mathrm{PlotMolecule}\left(\mathrm{molecule}\right)\;$

$\mathrm{TransitionOrbitalPlot}\left(\mathrm{molecule}\,\mathrm{state}\=1\,\mathrm{orbitalindex}\=1\right)\;$

$\mathrm{TransitionOrbitalPlot}\left(\mathrm{molecule}\,\mathrm{state}\=1\,\mathrm{orbitalindex}\=2\right)\;$