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Title: Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated two-leg ladders [Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated ladders]

Abstract

Magnetic interactions are widely believed to play a crucial role in the microscopic mechanism leading to high critical temperature superconductivity. It is therefore important to study the signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of simple models known to show unconventional superconducting tendencies. Using the density matrix renormalization group technique, we calculate the dynamical spin structure factor S(k,ω) of a generalized t–U–J Hubbard model away from half filling in a two-leg ladder geometry. The addition of J enhances pairing tendencies. We analyze quantitatively the signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectra. We found that the superconducting pair-correlation strength, that can be estimated independently from ground state properties, is closely correlated with the integrated low-energy magnetic spectral weight in the vicinity of (π,π). In this wave-vector region, robust spin incommensurate features develop with increasing doping. The branch of the spectrum with rung direction wave vector krung=0 does not change substantially with doping where pairing dominates and thus plays a minor role. As a result, we discuss the implications of our results for neutron scattering experiments, where the spin excitation dynamics of hole-doped quasi-one-dimensional magnetic materials can be measured and also address implications for recent resonant inelastic x-ray scattering experiments.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. The Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1413613
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1408556
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

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Nocera, Alberto, Patel, Niravkumar D., Dagotto, Elbio R., and Alvarez, Gonzalo. Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated two-leg ladders [Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated ladders]. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.205120.
Nocera, Alberto, Patel, Niravkumar D., Dagotto, Elbio R., & Alvarez, Gonzalo. Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated two-leg ladders [Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated ladders]. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.205120
Nocera, Alberto, Patel, Niravkumar D., Dagotto, Elbio R., and Alvarez, Gonzalo. Mon . "Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated two-leg ladders [Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated ladders]". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.205120. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1413613.
@article{osti_1413613,
title = {Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated two-leg ladders [Signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of strongly correlated ladders]},
author = {Nocera, Alberto and Patel, Niravkumar D. and Dagotto, Elbio R. and Alvarez, Gonzalo},
abstractNote = {Magnetic interactions are widely believed to play a crucial role in the microscopic mechanism leading to high critical temperature superconductivity. It is therefore important to study the signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectrum of simple models known to show unconventional superconducting tendencies. Using the density matrix renormalization group technique, we calculate the dynamical spin structure factor S(k,ω) of a generalized t–U–J Hubbard model away from half filling in a two-leg ladder geometry. The addition of J enhances pairing tendencies. We analyze quantitatively the signatures of pairing in the magnetic excitation spectra. We found that the superconducting pair-correlation strength, that can be estimated independently from ground state properties, is closely correlated with the integrated low-energy magnetic spectral weight in the vicinity of (π,π). In this wave-vector region, robust spin incommensurate features develop with increasing doping. The branch of the spectrum with rung direction wave vector krung=0 does not change substantially with doping where pairing dominates and thus plays a minor role. As a result, we discuss the implications of our results for neutron scattering experiments, where the spin excitation dynamics of hole-doped quasi-one-dimensional magnetic materials can be measured and also address implications for recent resonant inelastic x-ray scattering experiments.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.96.205120},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 20,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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