Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 71, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.224512
Keywords
-
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We study the mean-field theory of charge-density wave (CDW) order in a layered system, including the effect of the long-range Coulomb interaction and of screening by uncondensed electrons. We particularly focus on the conditions necessary for an extraordinary transition, in which the surface orders at a higher temperature, and is more likely to be commensurate, than the bulk. We interpret recent experiments on Ca2-xNaxCuO2Cl2 as indicating the presence of commensurate CDW at the surface that is not present in the bulk. More generally, we show that poor screening of the Coulomb interaction tends to stabilize incommensurate order, possibly explaining why the CDW order in La2-xSrxCuO4 and NbSe2 remains incommensurate to T -> 0, despite the small magnitude of the incommensurability.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available