A Langevin approach to lattice dynamics in a charge ordered polaronic system

Abstract

We use a Langevin approach to treat the finite temperature dynamics of displacement variables in the half-filled spinless Holstein model. Working in the adiabatic regime we exploit the smallness of the adiabatic parameter to simplify the memory effects and estimate displacement costs from an "instantaneous" electronic Hamiltonian. We use a phenomenological damping rate, and uncorrelated thermal noise. The low temperature state has checkerboard charge order (CO) and the Langevin scheme generates equilibrium thermodynamic properties that accurately match Monte Carlo results. It additionally yields the dynamical structure factor, $D(\mathbf{q},\omega )$, from the displacement field $x(\mathbf{r},t)$. We observe four regimes with increasing temperature, $T$, classified in relation to the charge ordering temperature, $T_c$, and the `polaron formation' temperature $T_P$, with $T_c\ll T_P$. For $T\ll T_c$ the oscillations are harmonic, leading to dispersive phonons, with increasing $T$ bringing in anharmonic, momentum dependent, corrections. For $T\sim T_c$, thermal tunneling events of the $x(\mathbf{r})$ field occur, with a propagating `domain' pattern at wavevector $\mathbf{q}\sim (\pi ,\pi )$ and low energy weight in $D(\mathbf{q},\omega )$. When $T_c<T<T_P$, the disordered polaron regime, domain structures vanish, the dispersion narrows, and low energy weight is lost. For $T\gtrsim T_P$ we essentially have uncorrelated local oscillations. We propose simple models to analyse this rich dynamics.

arXiv comment14 pages, 21 figures

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