Spectral properties of the Holstein double-exchange model and application to manganites
Abstract
Calculations of one-electron spectral functions, optical conductivity and spin-wave energy in the Holstein double-exchange model are made using the many-body coherent potential approximation. Satisfactory agreement is obtained with angle-resolved photoemission results on La1.2Sr1.8Mn2O7 and optical measurements on Nd0.7Sr0.3MnO3. A pseudogap in the one-electron spectrum at the Fermi level plays an important role in both systems, but a small-polaron band is only predicted to exist in the La system. A rigorous upper bound on spin-wave energies at T=0 is derived. The spin-wave stiffness constant D decreases with increasing electron-phonon coupling g in a similar way to the Curie temperature Tc, but D/(kB Tc) increases for large g (low Tc) as observed experimentally.
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