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Optical response of an interacting polaron gas in strongly polar crystals

Authors :
Klimin, S. N.
Tempere, J.
Devreese, J. T.
Franchini, C.
Kresse, G.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Optical conductivity of an interacting polaron gas is calculated within an extended random phase approximation which takes into account mixing of collective excitations of the electron gas with LO phonons. This mixing is important for the optical response of strongly polar crystals where the static dielectric constant is rather high: strontium titanate is the case. The present calculation sheds light on unexplained features of experimentally observed optical conductivity spectra in $n$-doped SrTiO$_{3}$. These features appear to be due to dynamic screening of the electron-electron interaction by polar optical phonons and hence do not require additional mechanisms for the explanation.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1912.03062
Document Type :
Working Paper