Optical Excitations in Insulating CuO{sub 4} Plaquette Networks: Discussion Based on a One Dimensional Mott Insulator Sr{sub 2}CuO{sub 3}
- Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musee 3, CH-1700 Fribourg (Switzerland)
Insulating cuprates become insulator thanks to the strong Coulomb repulsion at Cu d orbitals. They have charge gap between filled oxygen 2p and empty Cu 3d states categorized as charge transfer insulators. Although only Cu 3d and O 2p states are involved in low energy optical transitions, optical excitation spectra of insulating cuprates show rich structures depending on the form of CuO{sub 4} networks. One dimensional chain systems with corner-sharing plaquettes and edge-sharing plaquettes provide basic characters of these transitions. Comparison of available spectra of two dimensional cuprates with one dimensional chain compound Sr{sub 2}CuO{sub 3} suggests that excitonic effect is important in CuO{sub 2} planes.
- OSTI ID:
- 21344504
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1162; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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