Identifying and quantifying Su-Schrieffer-Heeger-like interactions with RIXS
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| author | Banerjee, Debshikha Thomas, Jinu Nocera, Alberto Johnston, Steven |
| author_facet | Banerjee, Debshikha Thomas, Jinu Nocera, Alberto Johnston, Steven |
| contents | Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)-like electron-phonon (e-ph) interactions can drive the formation of light (bi)polarons and several novel states of matter. It is, therefore, prudent to develop experimental protocols for identifying such couplings in real materials and quantifying their strength. Here, we investigate how resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) probes e-ph interactions in the one-dimensional half-filled Hubbard-SSH model with onsite phonons. Using the density matrix renormalization group method, we compute the full RIXS response and find that the lattice excitations generated during the scattering process inevitably couple to the system's charge and magnetic sectors, resulting in combined multi-particle excitations that cannot be easily disentangled from one another. While this aspect complicates the interpretation of RIXS experiments, we outline how it can be leveraged to identify and quantify SSH-like interactions in quantum materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Identifying and quantifying Su-Schrieffer-Heeger-like interactions with RIXS Banerjee, Debshikha Thomas, Jinu Nocera, Alberto Johnston, Steven Strongly Correlated Electrons Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)-like electron-phonon (e-ph) interactions can drive the formation of light (bi)polarons and several novel states of matter. It is, therefore, prudent to develop experimental protocols for identifying such couplings in real materials and quantifying their strength. Here, we investigate how resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) probes e-ph interactions in the one-dimensional half-filled Hubbard-SSH model with onsite phonons. Using the density matrix renormalization group method, we compute the full RIXS response and find that the lattice excitations generated during the scattering process inevitably couple to the system's charge and magnetic sectors, resulting in combined multi-particle excitations that cannot be easily disentangled from one another. While this aspect complicates the interpretation of RIXS experiments, we outline how it can be leveraged to identify and quantify SSH-like interactions in quantum materials. |
| title | Identifying and quantifying Su-Schrieffer-Heeger-like interactions with RIXS |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15981 |