arXiv:2210.09208 · Physical Review Research
Chebyshev pseudosite matrix product state approach for the spectral functions of electron-phonon coupling systems
Pei-Yuan Zhao, Ke Ding, Shuo Yang
Abstract
The electron-phonon $(e\text{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{ph})$ coupling system often has a large number of phonon degrees of freedom, whose spectral functions are numerically difficult to compute using matrix product state (MPS) formalisms. To solve this problem, we propose a practical method that combines the Chebyshev MPS and the pseudosite density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm. The Chebyshev vector is represented by a pseudosite MPS with global $U(1)$ fermion symmetry, which maps ${2}^{{N}_{p}}$ bosonic degrees of freedom onto ${N}_{p}$ pseudosites, each with two states. This approach can handle arbitrary $e$-ph coupling Hamiltonians where pseudosite DMRG performs efficiently. We use this method to study the spectral functions of the doped extended Hubbard-Holstein model in a regime of strong Coulomb repulsion. Key features of the excitation spectra are captured at a modest computational cost. Our results show that weak extended $e$-ph couplings can increase the spectral weight of the holon-folding branch at low phonon frequencies, in agreement with angle-resolved photoemission observations on one-dimensional cuprates.