Add a colorbar for this quiver plot
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I wrote a code to have a quiver plot as I attached here. I want to add a colorbar to this code as it shows the magnitude of the vectors. How can I do that?
nu1=3.87e5;
nu2=0.46e5;
v_m=2.84e5;
v_p=7.18e5;
%
% nu1=8.4;
% nu2=1;
% v_m=1;
% v_p=2.5;
s=1;
s1=-1;
kesi=1;
kesi1=-1;
DeltaSO=41.9e-3;
alpha=1;
A=0.0;
hbar=1;
V=0;
iform=complex(0.0,1.0);
for i=1:25
k_x=-0.3+2*(i-1)*0.3/25;
for j=1:25
k_y=-0.3+2*(j-1)*0.3/25;
sigmax=[0 1; 1 0];
sigmay=[0 -iform; iform 0];
sigmaz=[1 0; 0 -1];
sigma0=[1 0; 0 1];
H1=hbar*k_x*nu1*sigmay-hbar*k_y*(s*nu2*sigmax+kesi*v_m*sigma0+kesi*v_p*sigmaz)+DeltaSO*(alpha-s*kesi)*sigmax+A*(s*sigmaz-kesi*sigmax)+V*sigma0;
H2=hbar*k_x*nu1*sigmay-hbar*k_y*(s1*nu2*sigmax+kesi*v_m*sigma0+kesi*v_p*sigmaz)+DeltaSO*(alpha-s1*kesi)*sigmax+A*(s1*sigmaz-kesi*sigmax)+V*sigma0;
H3=hbar*k_x*nu1*sigmay-hbar*k_y*(s*nu2*sigmax+kesi1*v_m*sigma0+kesi1*v_p*sigmaz)+DeltaSO*(alpha-s*kesi1)*sigmax+A*(s*sigmaz-kesi1*sigmax)+V*sigma0;
H4=hbar*k_x*nu1*sigmay-hbar*k_y*(s1*nu2*sigmax+kesi1*v_m*sigma0+kesi1*v_p*sigmaz)+DeltaSO*(alpha-s1*kesi1)*sigmax+A*(s1*sigmaz-kesi1*sigmax)+V*sigma0;
[v1,E1]=eig(H1);
[v2,E2]=eig(H2);
[v3,E3]=eig(H3);
[v4,E4]=eig(H4);
KX(i,j)=k_x;
KY(i,j)=k_y;
sx(i,j)=v4(:,2)'*sigmax*v4(:,2);
sy(i,j)=v4(:,2)'*sigmay*v4(:,2);
end
end
quiver(KX,KY,sx,sy,1)
q.ShowArrowHead = 'off';
q.Marker = 'o';
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Sandeep Mishra
on 17 Jan 2025
Edited: Sandeep Mishra
on 17 Jan 2025
Hi mohammad,
You can use the MATLAB ‘scatter’ function to add a colorbar to the quiver plot.
Refer to the following code snippet to implement the colorbar to a quiver plot:
% Calculating Magnitude
magnitude = sqrt(sx.^2 + sy.^2);
q = quiver(KX, KY, sx, sy, 1);
q.Marker = 'o';
% Adding Scatter to quiver plot
hold on
scatter(KX(:), KY(:), 20, magnitude(:), 'filled'); % '20' sets marker size
% Adding colorbar
colorbar;
For more information, refer to the following MathWorks Documentation:
- ‘scatter’ function: https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2024b/matlab/ref/scatter.html
- ‘colorbar’ function: https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2024b/matlab/ref/colorbar.html
I hope this helps you!
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