Signatures of polaronic charge ordering in optical and dc conductivity using dynamical mean field theory

Details Signatures of polaronic charge ordering in optical and dc conductivity using dynamical mean field theory Signatures of polaronic charge ordering in optical and dc conductivity using dynamical mean field theory

2008-02-28

arxiv.org/abs/0802.4218v3

Phys. Rev. B 77, 205127 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

1 figure added, illustrating the optical sum rule

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10.1103/PhysRevB.77.205127

We apply dynamical mean field theory to study a prototypical model that describes charge ordering in the presence of both electron-lattice interactions and intersite electrostatic repulsion between electrons. We calculate the optical and d.c. conductivity, and derive approximate formulas valid in the limiting electron-lattice coupling regimes. In the weak coupling regime, we recover the usual behavior of charge density waves, characterized by a transfer of spectral weight due to the opening of a gap in the excitation spectrum. In the opposite limit of very strong electron-lattice coupling, instead, the charge ordering transition is signaled by a global enhancement of the optical absorption, with no appreciable spectral weight transfer. Such behavior is related to the progressive suppression of thermally activated charge defects taking place below the critical temperature. At intermediate values of the coupling within the polaronic regime, a complex behavior is obtained where both mechanisms of transfer and enhancement of spectral weight coexist.

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