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Title: Electronic and phononic properties of a two-dimensional electron gas coupled to dipolar phonons via small-momentum-transfer scattering

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

We study the electron and phonon spectral functions as well as superconductivity for a two-dimensional electron gas coupled to dipolar phonons via small-momentum-transfer scattering. The results reported here are obtained through sign-problem-free quantum Monte Carlo simulation. Hence, aside from modeling there are no further approximations. Our results can be relevant to the high-temperature superconductor at the interface between a unit-cell-thick FeSe and SrTiO3. Our results give support to the interpretation that the observed replica band in unit-cell-thick FeSe on SrTiO3 is due to the small-momentum transfer interaction between the FeSe electrons and a branch of polar STO phonons. Furthermore, we conclude that while the small-momentum electron-phonon interaction can not induce strong Cooper pairing by itself, it can enhance the Cooper pairing triggered by other pairing interactions.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) (SC-21); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1594966
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 100; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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