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Finite-frequency optical absorption in 1D conductors and Mott-Hubbard insulators

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

The frequency-dependent conductivity is studied for the one-dimensional Hubbard model, using a selection rule, the Bethe ansatz, and symmetries associated with conservation laws. For densities where the system is metallic the absorption spectrum has two contributions, a Drude peak at ω=0\omega = 0 separated by a pseudogap from a broad absorption band whose lower edge is characterized by a non-classical critical exponent. Our findings shed new light on the ``far infrared puzzle'' and other optical properties of metallic organic chain compounds.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005108,
  title  = {Finite-frequency optical absorption in 1D conductors and Mott-Hubbard insulators},
  author = {J. M. P. Carmelo and N. M. R. Peres and P. D. Sacramento},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005108},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

2 figures, accepted in Physical Review Letters