On the nature of the optical conductivity of polaron

Details On the nature of the optical conductivity of polaron On the nature of the optical conductivity of polaron

2011-11-22

arxiv.org/abs/1111.5253v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages

Scientific paper

We study theoretically a fundamental issue in solids: the evolution of the optical spectra of polaron as the electron-phonon coupling increases. By comparing the exact results obtained by diagrammatic Monte Carlo method and the data got through exact diagonalization within an appropriate subspace of the phononic wavefunctions, the physical nature of the crossover from weak to strong coupling is revealed. The optical spectra are well understood by the quantum mechanical superposition of states with light and heavy phonon clouds corresponding to large and small polarons, respectively. It is also found that the strong coupling Franck-Condon regime is not accessible at realistic values of the coupling constant.

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