Raman scattering in a two-layer antiferromagnet

Details Raman scattering in a two-layer antiferromagnet Raman scattering in a two-layer antiferromagnet

1995-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9512131v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

34 pages, Revtex file, 8 figures in a uuencoded, gziped tar file. The figures are also available upon request

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.54.3468

Two--magnon Raman scattering is a useful tool to verify recent suggestions concerning the value of the interplanar exchange constant in antiferromagnetic two--layer systems, such as $YBa_2Cu_3O_{6+x}$. We present a theory for Raman scattering in a two--layer antiferromagnet. We study the spectra for the electronic and magnetic excitations across the charge transfer gap within the one--band Hubbard model and derive the matrix elements for the Raman scattering cross section in a diagrammatic formalism. We analyze the effect of the interlayer exchange coupling $J_2$ for the Raman spectra in $A_{1g}$ and $B_{1g}$ scattering geometries both in the non--resonant regime (when the Loudon--Fleury model is valid), and at resonance. We show that within the Loudon--Fleury approximation, a nonzero $J_2$ gives rise to a finite signal in $A_{1g}$ scattering geometry. Both, in this approximation and at resonance, the intensity in the $A_{1g}$ channel has a peak at {\it small} transferred frequency equal to twice the gap in the spin--wave spectrum. We compare our results with experiments in $YBa_2Cu_3O_{6.1}$ and $Sr_2CuO_2Cl_2$ compounds and argue that the large value of $J_2$ suggested in a number of recent studies is incompatible with Raman experiments in $A_{1g}$ geometry.

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