Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2008-03-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
12 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1367-2630/10/5/053027
We study orbital excitations in the optical absorption spectra of YVO3 and HoVO3. We focus on an orbital absorption band observed at 0.4 eV for polarization E parallel c. This feature is only observed in the intermediate, monoclinic phase. By comparison with the local crystal-field excitations in VOCl and with recent theoretical predictions for the crystal-field levels we show that this absorption band cannot be interpreted in terms of a local crystal-field excitation. We discuss a microscopic model which attributes this absorption band to the exchange of two orbitals on adjacent sites, i.e., to the direct excitation of two orbitons. This model is strongly supported by the observed dependence on polarization and temperature. Moreover, the calculated spectral weight is in good agreement with the experimental result.
Benckiser E.
Grüninger Markus
Möller Annette
Möller Thomas
Nugroho Agung
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