Charge density waves with nontrivial orbital textures in rare earth tritellurides
Recent experiments on the rare-earth tritellurides $R$Te${}_{3}$ reveal unconventional collective modes in the charge density wave (CDW) state, suggesting symmetry breaking beyond that imposed by the CDW wave vector. Here, the authors develop a CDW Ginzburg-Landau theory that incorporates nontrivial orbital order, allowing for solutions in which two CDWs with distinct orbital characters coexist. The resulting CDW pattern exhibits an orbital texture that can break mirror and/or inversion symmetry.
Authors
- Jennifer Cano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1528-4344)
- С. Г. Алексеев (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1850-4875)
- Rafael M. Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3584-5180)
- Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9993-5329)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota System (US)
- Flatiron Health (United States) (US)
- Flatiron Institute (US)
- Stony Brook University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2024-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.205103
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.82
Funders
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Simons Foundation
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research