Drude weight, optical conductivity, and flux properties of one-dimensional Hubbard rings
- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California (USA)
- Institute for Physics, University of Wuerzburg, D-8700 Wuerzburg (Federal Republic of Germany)
We study the Drude weight, optical conductivity, and flux-periodicity properties of one-dimensional Hubbard chains using Bethe-ansatz, Lanczos, and exact-diagonalization techniques. We find that the Drude weight {ital D} is unexpectedly negative for half-filled Hubbard rings with {ital N}=4{ital n} sites reflecting a strong paramagnetic response, while it is positive (diamagnetic) for half-filled rings of {ital N}=4{ital n}+2 sites. In both cases at half filling, {ital D} vanishes exponentially with {ital N} on a length scale set by the inverse of the gap for small {ital U}/{ital t}. Near half filling, we find that {ital D} approaches a constant, positive, diamagnetic value as {ital N} increases, indicating metallic behavior. Combining Bethe-ansatz results near half filling with the known {ital U}=0 and {ital U}={infinity} limits and Lanczos finite-size extrapolations, we obtain a general picture of {ital D} in the thermodynamic limit as a function of band filling and the ratio {ital U}/{ital t}. We note similarities with the low-frequency integrated spectral weight of certain hole-doped and electron-doped high-{ital T}{sub {ital c}} compounds. We investigate the finite-frequency optical conductivity, finding structure at {omega}{approx}{ital U} and, for one hole off half filling, at {omega}{proportional to}{ital t}{sup 2}/{ital U}. We find that minima in the energy of a Hubbard ring enclosing a flux {Phi} occur with changes of half a flux quantum rather than a full flux quantum when the Coulomb repulsion is turned on. Lastly, we discuss the relationship of the Drude weight computed from open chains to that obtained from rings, and also the effect of arbitrary phases at the ring boundary.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-85ER45197
- OSTI ID:
- 5243124
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Vol. 44:13; ISSN 0163-1829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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