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We present a method for solving impurity models with electron-phonon coupling, which treats the phonons efficiently and without approximations. The algorithm is applied to the Holstein-Hubbard model in the dynamical mean field…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 Philipp Werner , Andrew J. Millis

We show that high resolution Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) provides direct, element-specific and momentum-resolved information on the electron-phonon (e-p) coupling strength. Our theoretical analysis demonstrates that the e-p…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-12-03 Luuk J. P. Ament , Michel van Veenendaal , Jeroen van den Brink

The ground-state energy, the effective mass and the number of virtual phonons of the optical large polaron confined strictly in one dimension have been estimated by using the generalized Gaussian approximation. The leading-order terms take…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Ganbold

We consider electron-phonon (\textit{e-ph}) energy loss rate in 3D and 2D multi-component electron systems in semiconductors. We allow general asymmetry in the \textit{e-ph} coupling constants (matrix elements), i.e., we allow that the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-11 Mika Prunnila

Tailoring the properties of correlated oxides is accomplished by chemical doping, pressure, temperature or magnetic field. Photoexcitation is a valid alternative to reach out-of-equilibrium states otherwise inaccessible. Here, we…

The coupling between electrons and phonons is at the heart of many fundamental phenomena in physics. In nature, this coupling is generally predetermined for both, molecules and solids. Tremendous advances have been made in controlling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Avishai Benyamini , Assaf Hamo , Silvia Viola Kusminskiy , Felix von Oppen , Shahal Ilani

From density functional calculations, we show that localized states stemming from defects or topological disorder exhibit an anomalously large electron-phonon coupling. We provide a simple analysis to explain the observation and perform a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 Raymond Atta-Fynn , Parthapratim Biswas , D. A. Drabold

We study the electron-phonon coupling in the C60 fullerene within the first-principles GW approach, focusing on the lowest unoccupied t1u three-fold electronic state which is relevant for the superconducting transition in electron doped…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-30 Carina Faber , Jonathan Laflamme Janssen , Michel Côté , E. Runge , X. Blase

We present a detailed study on the influence of strong electron-phonon coupling to the photoemission spectra of lead. Representing the strong-coupling regime of superconductivity, the spectra of lead show characteristic features that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Reinert , B. Eltner , G. Nicolay , D. Ehm , S. Schmidt , S. Huefner

Understanding of the energy exchange between electrons and phonons in metals is important for micro- and nano-manufacturing and system design. The electron-phonon (e-ph) coupling constant is to describe such exchange strength, yet its…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 Wuli Miao , Moran Wang

The appearance of certain spectral features in one-dimensional (1D) cuprate materials has been attributed to a strong, extended attractive coupling between electrons. Here, using time-dependent density matrix renormalization group methods…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-24 Ta Tang , Brian Moritz , Cheng Peng , Z. X. Shen , Thomas P. Devereaux

The electron-phonon coupling (EPC) is a ubiquitous interaction in condensed systems and plays a vital role in shaping the electronic properties of materials. Yet, achieving coherent manipulation of electron-phonon coupling has posed a…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-05-13 Jicai Zhang , Tien-Dat Tran , Ziwen Wang , Wenhao Yu , Chong Zhang , Marcus Lo , Wenqi Xu , Tran Trung Luu

Defect centers in hexagonal boron nitride represent room-temperature single-photon sources in a layered van der Waals material. These light emitters appear with a wide range of transition energies ranging over the entire visible spectrum,…

Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) is key for understanding many properties of materials such as superconductivity and electric resistivity. Although first principles density-functional-theory (DFT) based EPC calculations are used widely, their…

The calculation of electron-phonon (e-ph) coupling from first principles is a topic of great interest in materials science, offering a robust, non-empirical framework to understand and predict a wide range of physical phenomena. While…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-17 Savio Laricchia , Casey Eichstaedt , Dimitar Pashov , Mark van Schilfgaarde

We have built an electron-phonon coupling model to describe the behavior of the NbxSi1-x transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers, fabricated by electron-beam coevaporation and photolithography techniques on a 2-inch silicon wafer. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-18 Shu-chen Liu , Stefanos Marnieros , Louis Dumoulin , Youri Dolgorouki , Laurent Berge , Sophie Collin

Elucidation of the mechanism for optical spin initialization of point defects in solids in the context of quantum applications requires an accurate description of the excited electronic states involved. While variational density functional…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-14 Aleksei V. Ivanov , Yorick L. A. Schmerwitz , Gianluca Levi , Hannes Jónsson

The matrix elements of the deformation potential of C$_{70}$ are calculated by means of a simple, yet accurate solution of the electron-phonon coupling problem in fullerenes, based on a parametrization of the ground state electronic density…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Provasi , N. Breda , R. A. Broglia , G. Colo` , H. E. Roman , G. Onida

Establishing a minimal microscopic model for cuprates is a key step towards the elucidation of a high-$T_c$ mechanism. By a quantitative comparison with a recent \emph{in situ} angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurement in doped…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-11-23 Yao Wang , Zhuoyu Chen , Tao Shi , Brian Moritz , Zhi-Xun Shen , Thomas P. Devereaux

Recent theory has demonstrated that the value of the electron-phonon coupling strength $\lambda$ can be extracted directly from the thermal attenuation (Debye-Waller factor) of Helium atom scattering reflectivity. This theory is here…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-04-21 G. Benedek , J. R. Manson , S. Miret-Artés