Spectral evolution of angle-resolved photoemission due to Holstein-type electron-phonon scattering within the adiabatic approximation
Jiaguang Han, Kai Ji, Zhiyuan Zhu +1 more
The angle-resolved photoemission spectra (ARPES) of the spin-1/2 Holstein model at non-half-filling are calculated by using the adiabatic approximation and the classical Monte Carlo method. It is found that in the metallic state, the spectra take broad Gaussians at the band bottom, while evolving to sharp Lorentzians near the Fermi level, commonly in one, two, and three dimensions. We justify that this evolution in ARPES is connected with an electronic state transition from quasi-localized ones to the extended ones due to the scattering of electrons with the static lattice distortion.
Physical Review B•Mar 22, 2006•2 citations