Memory-function approach to the normal-state optical properties of the Bechgaard salt (TMTSF)_2PF_6

Abstract

The gauge invariant, two-component optical conductivity model, with a correlation gap structure related to the umklapp scattering processes, is applied to the quasi-one-dimensional electronic systems and compared to the recent measurements on the Bechgaard salt (TMTSF)_2PF_6. The optical response of both the insulating and metallic state is found for the half-filled conduction band, depending on the ratio between the correlation energy scale 2 Δ^0_2 and the transfer integral in the direction perpendicular to the conducting chains, t_{{\rm b}'}. The estimated value 2 Δ^0_2/t_{{\rm b}'} agrees reasonably well with the previous experimental and theoretical conclusions. Parallel to the chains the thermally activated conduction electrons in the insulating state are found to exhibit an universal behaviour, accounting for the observed single-particle optical conductivity of the ordered ground state of charge-density-wave systems. The band parameters and the related damping energies suitable to the normal metallic state of (TMTSF)_2PF_6 are estimated from the measured spectra. Not only the spectral weights but also the damping energies clearly indicate an opening of the correlation gap in the charge excitation spectrum

arXiv comment11 pages, 7 figures

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