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Figure 3
Illustration of Brillouin zone (BZ) folding using a simple two-dimensional cubic lattice as an example. The unfolded dataset extends over multiple BZs, indicated by black boxes. Reciprocal lattice points (Mathematical equation) are shown as filled red circles, with the origin (O) marked by an open red circle. In the translational BZ stacking step, data points are shifted back into the first BZ (gray region) by applying the relation Mathematical equation, where Q is the total momentum transfer and Mathematical equation is the nearest reciprocal lattice vector. In the subsequent point-group folding step, the symmetries of the crystal are applied to further map the data into the irreducible wedge of the first BZ (orange region).

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