Pseudogap dependence of the optical conductivity spectra of Ca3Ru2O7: a possible contribution of the orbital flip excitation

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Mar 2;98(9):097403. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.097403. Epub 2007 Mar 2.

Abstract

Optical spectra of a double-layered perovskite ruthenate Ca3Ru2O7 show a pseudogap opening around 200 cm(-1) below 50 K, which is attributable to the partial k-space gap opening due to the density wave instability. Unlike most other density wave materials, Ca3Ru2O7 has spectral weight redistributions, not near the energy gap region, but at a much higher energy region around 800 cm(-1). As a possible origin of these intriguing features, we discuss the orbital flip excitation in the density wave ground state.