Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2003-10-09
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
The formation of a polaron quasiparticle from a bare electron is studied in the framework of the Holstein model of electron-phonon coupling. Using Schr\"{o}dinger's formalism, we calculate the time evolution of the distribution of the electron and phonon density, lattice deformation, and the electron-phonon (el-ph) correlation functions in real space. The quantum dynamical nature of the phonons is preserved. The polaron formation time is related to the dephasing time of the continuum of unbound phonon excited states in the spectral function, which depends on the phonon frequency and the el-ph coupling strength. As the el-ph coupling increases, qualitative changes in polaron formation occur when the one-phonon polaron bound state forms. In the adiabatic regime, we find that a potential barrier between the quasi-free and heavy polaron states exists in both 2D and 3D, which is crucial for polaron formation dynamics. We compare to recent experiments.
Ku Li-Chung
Trugman Stuart A.
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