Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1993-03-03
Physics
Condensed Matter
17 pages plain TeX, 14 figures available upon request
Scientific paper
10.1016/0921-4534(93)90030-T
The low-temperature orthorhombic (LTO) phase transition in La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ can be interpreted as a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect, in which the degenerate electronic states are associated with the large densities of states at the two van Hove singularities. The equations describing this phase are strongly nonlinear. This paper illustrates some consequences of the nonlinearity, by presenting a rich variety of exact nonlinear wave solutions for the model. Of particular interest are soliton lattice solutions: arrays of domain walls separating regions of local low-temperature tetragonal (LTT) symmetry. These arrays have a {\it macroscopic} average symmetry higher than LTT. These lattices can display either orthorhombic (`orthons') or tetragonal (`tetrons') symmetry, and can serve as models for a microscopic description of the dynamic JT LTO and high-temperature tetragonal phases, respectively.
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