We discuss the density-density response functions and the collective excitation spectrum for the extended Hubbard model with on-site attraction and arbitrary electron density, in the superconducting ground state.For the short-range intersite interaction we find the sound wave-like modes with the velocity interpolating smoothly between the weak (v 2Zt, |UD <2Zt) and strong coupling (v > 2Zt) limits.The latter agrees with the results obtained from an effective pseudospin Hamiltonian valid in the strong coupling limit.In the weak coupling regime, we obtain that apart from a commensurate charge density wave instability, an increase in the intersite Coułomb repulsion can give rise to a charge density wave incommensurate with the lattice period, away from half-frlling.The ground state phase diagram for 2D square lattice, including singlet superconducting ground state, electronic droplet formation, and charge density waves is determined.It is also shown that the energy of collective excitations evolves smoothly from weak to strong coupling limit for a 2D lattice, in the case of a long-range Coulomb interaction.Finally, the mode coupling effects in the frequency behavior of the density-density response functions are analyzed.
By use of a diagrammatic method we determine the density-density response functions in the random-phase approximation (RPA) and the collective-excitation spectrum for the extended Hubbard model with on-site attraction and arbitrary electron density, in the superconducting ground state. The energy of the collective modes, given by the poles of these response functions, is found to be a linear function of the wave vector (for small k and short-range intersite interaction) with the velocity interpolating smoothly between the weak- (\ensuremath{\propto}2zt, \ensuremath{\Vert}U\ensuremath{\Vert}\ensuremath{\ll}2zt) and strong-coupling (\ensuremath{\propto}
zt2/\ensuremath{\Vert}U\ensuremath{\Vert}, \ensuremath{\Vert}U\ensuremath{\Vert}\ensuremath{\gg}2zt) limits. The latter agrees with the results obtained from an effective pseudospin Hamiltonian valid in the strong-coupling limit. The numerical analysis for a two-dimensional (2D) square lattice shows the occurrence of a rotonlike minima near the zone boundary. In the weak-coupling regime we find that apart from a commensurate charge-density-wave (CDW) instability, an increase in the intersite Coulomb repulsion can give rise to a CDW incommensurate with the lattice period, away from half-filling. The resulting phase diagram for the 2D square lattice, including a singlet superconducting ground state, electronic-droplet formation, and CDW's, is determined. Finally, the effects of a long-range Coulomb interaction are analyzed briefly and it is shown that the energy of collective excitations evolves smoothly from the weak- to the strong-coupling limit for a 2D lattice.
We analyze superconducting instabilities in 3D and 2D extended Hubbard model with Coulomb repulsion between electrons on neighboring sites in the limit of low electron density (n el → 0) on simple cubic (square) lattice. We show that in a realistic strong-coupling case U ≫ V ≫ W (U and V are the onsite and the intersite Coulomb repulsions, respectively, and W the bandwidth) the main SC instability corresponds to the p-wave pairing and in the leading order is correctly described by the equations obtained earlier in the absence of the intersite Coulomb interaction V = 0.
Abstract Collective excitations in the superconducting state of an extended Hubbard model with an intrasite attraction are investigated using the random phase approximation method. The results for the energy of gapless excitations are consistent with the well known result of Anderson in the limit of weak attraction and the result of the perturbation theory (with respect to the band term) in the limit of strong attraction. Investigating the dependence of the excitation energy on the density of electrons in the band conditions are found of instability of the singlet superconducting state with respect to the disordered state (for attractive intersite interactions) and to the charge ordered superconducting state (for intersite repulsion).
We have made a variational analysis on an evolution of superconductivity from weak to strong coupling regime. In contrast to a crossover without thermodynamic anomaly found in a dilute system, we show the existence of a quantum phase transition near half filling. The transition is driven by charge density waves instabilities. We have found that superconductivity and charge density waves coexist in the presence of a weak intersite repulsion. The ground state phase diagram is determined and the quantum phase transition is an attractive version of the Mott transition.
Our previous mean-field study concerning superconducting pairings in the extended Hubbard model with on-site repulsive and intersite attractive interaction and arbitrary electron density is extended to include the effects of nearest-neighbor exchange (
J) and correlated hopping (
K) interaction. Detailed numerical analysis of
s-,
p-, and
d-wave pairing solutions is performed for the two-dimensional square lattice with nearest- (
t) and next-nearest- (
t2) neighbor hopping, and the resulting mutual stability phase diagrams are given as a function of band filling and the interaction parameters. Antiferromagnetic exchange can enhance both the
d-wave and the extended
s-wave pairing. If it prevails over the repulsive intersite density-density interaction, such a term can be a leading mechanism for superconductivity. However, its effects strongly depend on the band filling and the
tt2 ratio, giving in particular for
t2=0 s-wave (
d-wave) pairing as most favorable in the low (high) density limit, but increasing
t2 can even reverse this tendency. The correlated hopping term which breaks the electron-hole symmetry affects
s-wave pairing mostly. A condensation transition (phase separation), possible in the presence of the attractive density-density interaction, is also analyzed within the random-phase approximation, and stability conditions of such an electron droplet phase with respect to other types of ordering are determined as a function of the band filling for the two-dimensional square lattice.
We have performed a variational analysis on the evolution of superconductivity from weak to strong coupling regime. We have improved the Bardeen Cooper Schrieffer (BCS) wave function, and show that the electronic correlations are important in obtaining the correct behavior of superconducting condensation energy. In contrast to a crossover without thermodynamic anomaly discussed in a dilute system, we show the existence of a quantum phase transition near half filling, which suggests that an evolution is not always continuous. The transition is driven by charge density waves instabilities. We have found that superconductivity and charge density waves coexist in the presence of a weak intersite repulsion. The ground state phase diagram is determined by varying both interactions and filling.