Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2004-02-23
Physical Review B 71, 064502 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
15 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.71.064502
We show that both kinetic and superexchange energies of the t-J model may be read off from the optical data, based on an optical sum rule for the Hubbard model. Then we comparatively study two mean-field theories of pseudogap phase based on the t-J model. We find that while the pseudogap phase is superexchange-energy-driven in the slave-boson resonating-valence-bond (RVB) state, it is kinetic-energy-driven in the bosonic RVB state. The sharp contrast in the mechanisms of the pseudogap phases can be attributed to the fact that the antiferromagnetic (AF) correlations behave quite differently in two mean-field states, which in turn distinctly influence the kinetic energy of charge carriers. We elaborate this based on some detailed studies of the superexchange energy, kinetic energy, uniform spin susceptibility, equal-time spin correlations, dynamic spin susceptibility, as well as the optical conductivity. The results provide a consistent picture and understanding on two physically opposite origins of pseudogap phase. In comparison with experimental measurements, we are led to conclude that the pseudogap phase in the cuprates should be kinetic-energy-driven in nature.
Gu Zhengcheng
Li Tiancheng
Weng Zheng-Yu
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