Ab initio finite field (hyper)polarizability computations on stoichiometric gallium arsenide clusters GanAsn (n=2-9)

We report reliable ab initio finite field (hyper)polarizability values at Hartree-Fock and second order Moller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) levels of theory for different geometrical configurations of small gallium arsenide clusters GanAsn with n=2-5. We relied on all-electron basis sets and pseudopotentials suitable for (hyper)polarizability calculations. In each case, we used structures that have been established in the literature after we optimized their geometries at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ-PP level of theory. Our results suggest that the first order hyperpolarizability (beta) is much more sensitive to the special geometric features than the second order hyperpolarizability (gamma). For the most stable configurations up to ten atoms the second order hyperpolarizability at MP2 level of theory varies between 15x10(4) and 32x10(4) e(4)a(0)(4)E(h)(-3). In addition, we examined the polarizability per atom evolution versus the cluster size for GanAsn with n=2-9. Our work extends earlier theoretical studies which were limited to eight atoms and exposes that the polarizability/atom of the most stable stoichiometric configurations up to Ga9As9 continues the monotonic downward trend with increasing size. Lastly, from the methodological point of view, our analysis shows that apart from polarizabilities, augmented pseudopotentials yield reliable first and second hyperpolarizability values as well.