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Theory of Phonon-Assisted Multimagnon Optical Absorption and Bimagnon States in Quantum Antiferromagnets
We calculate the effective charge for multimagnon infrared (IR) absorption
assisted by phonons in a perovskite like antiferromagnet and we compute the
spectra for two magnon absorption using interacting spin-wave theory. The full
set of equations for the interacting two magnon problem is presented in the
random phase approximation for arbitrary total momentum of the magnon pair. The
spin wave theory results fit very well the primary peak of recent measured
bands in the parent insulating compounds of cuprate superconductors. The line
shape is explained as being due to the absorption of one phonon plus a new
quasiparticle excitation of the Heisenberg Hamiltonian that consists off a long
lived virtual bound state of two magnons (bimagnon). The bimagnon states have
well defined energy and momentum in a substantial portion of the Brillouin
zone. The higher energy bands are explained as one phonon plus higher
multimagnon absorption processes. Other possible experiments for observing
bimagnons are proposed. In addition we predict the line shape for the spin one
system LaNiO.Comment: Modified version of the paper to be published in PR
Doping dependent quasiparticle band structure in cuprate superconductors
We present an exact diagonalization study of the single particle spectral
function in the so-called t-t'-t''-J model in 2D. As a key result, we find that
unlike the `pure' t-J model, hole doping leads to a major reconstruction of the
quasiparticle band structure near (pi,0): whereas for the undoped system the
quasiparticle states near (pi,0) are deep below the top of the band at
(pi/2,pi/2), hole doping shifts these states up to E_F, resulting in extended
flat band regions close to E_F and around (pi,0). This strong doping-induced
deformation can be directly compared to angle resolved photoemission results on
Sr_2 Cu Cl_2 O_2, underdoped Bi2212 and optimally doped Bi2212. We propose the
interplay of long range hopping and decreasing spin correlations as the
mechanism of this deformation.Comment: 4 pages, Revtex, with 4 embedded eps figures. Hardcopies of figures
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Interplay between orbital ordering and lattice distortions in LaMnO3, YVO3, and YTiO3
We have studied the interplay between orbital ordering, Jahn-Teller and
GdFeO3-type lattice distortions in perovskite-type transition-metal oxides
using model Hartree-Fock calculations. It has been found that the covalency
between A-site cations and oxygens causes interaction between the Jahn-Teller
and GdFeO3-type distortions. The present calculations explain why the d-type
Jahn-Teller distortion and orbital ordering compatible with it are realized in
LaMnO3, YVO3 and YTiO3Comment: 5 pages, 8 figure
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