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Phase Diagram of the Square-Lattice -- Model for Electron-Doped Cuprates

arXiv:2312.05893 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.110.045134

Abstract

Motivated by significant discrepancies between experimental observations of electron-doped cuprates and numerical results of the Hubbard and - models, we investigate the role of inter-site interactions by studying the -- model on square lattices. Based on large-scale density matrix renormalization group simulations, we identify the ground-state phase diagram across varying inter-site interactions and doping concentration . We find that the phase diagram with finite inter-site interactions offers a more accurate description of electron-doped cuprates than the conventional Hubbard and - models. Moreover, we reveal the role of inter-site interactions at varying doping levels: at light doping, inter-site interactions favor Néel antiferromagnetic order, and suppress both superconductivity and charge density wave; around optimal doping, these interactions support a pseudogap-like phase while suppressing superconductivity, and we further perform the slave boson mean-field analysis to understand the numerical results microscopically; at higher doping, the effects of inter-site interactions become insignificant, with our numerical predictions suggesting the emergence of incommensurate spin density wave phase. Our specific focus around optimal doping with various inter-site interactions identifies successive phases including phase separation, uniform -wave SC and a pseudogap-like phase, and reveals a relative insensitivity of charge density wave to superconductivity. Our study suggests the -- model as the minimal model to capture the essential physics of the electron-doped cuprates.

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