Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2009-10-28
Phys. Rev. B 81, 064430 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
25 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
The correlated motion of electrons in the presence of strong orbital fluctuations and correlations is investigated with respect to magnetic couplings and excitations in an orbitally degenerate ferromagnet. Introduction of the orbital degree of freedom results in a class of diagrams representing spin-orbital coupling which become particularly important near the orbital ordering instability. Low-energy staggered orbital fluctuation modes, particularly with momentum near (\pi/2,\pi/2,0) (corresponding to CE-type orbital correlations), are shown to generically yield strong intrinsically non-Heisenberg (1-\cos q)^2 magnon self energy correction, resulting in no spin stiffness reduction, but strongly suppressed zone-boundary magnon energies in the Gamma-X direction. The zone-boundary magnon softening is found to be strongly enhanced with increasing hole doping and for narrow-band materials, which provides insight into the origin of zone-boundary anomalies observed in ferromagnetic manganites.
Kamble Bhaskar
Singh Avinash
Singh Dheeraj Kumar
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