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Non-Drude behaviour of optical conductivity in Kondo-lattice systems

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2021-11-02 v1

Abstract

The optical conductivity in a Kondo lattice system is presented in terms of the memory function formalism. I use Kondo-lattice Hamiltonian for explicit calculations. I compute the frequency dependent imaginary part of the memory function (M\p\p(\om)M^{\p\p}(\om)), and the real part of the memory function M\p(\om)M^{\p}(\om) by using the Kramers-Kronig transformation. Optical conductivity is computed using the generalized Drude formula. I find that high frequency tail of the optical conductivity scales as σ(\om)1\om\sigma(\om) \sim \frac{1}{\om} instead of the Drude 1\om2\frac{1}{\om^2} law. Such a behaviour is seen in strange metals. My work points out that it may be the magnetic scattering mechanisms that are important for the anomalous behaviour of strange metals.

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@article{arxiv.2111.00682,
  title  = {Non-Drude behaviour of optical conductivity in Kondo-lattice systems},
  author = {Komal Kumari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.00682},
  year   = {2021}
}

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