Incommensurate charge correlation and phase diagram of the one-dimensional superlattice Hubbard model at half-filling

J Phys Condens Matter. 2010 Sep 1;22(34):345601. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/34/345601. Epub 2010 Aug 2.

Abstract

We study the phase diagram of a half-filled one-dimensional superlattice Hubbard model with an alternating orbital energy ± ϵ/2 and on-site Coulomb repulsion U(A) and U(B) using the density-matrix renormalization group and finite-size scaling analysis. For U(A) >> U(B), we observe an incommensurate charge correlation phase. For U(B) = 0, we find a transition from the band insulating phase to the correlated metallic phase at the critical point ϵ = U(A)/2. For U(B) > 0, we find three insulating phases as in the ionic Hubbard model. In the gapless region, the correlation functions exhibit the asymptotic behavior of power-law decay as in the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't