Magnetic fluctuations from stripes in cuprates

TL;DR

This study uses the time-dependent Gutzwiller approximation to analyze magnetic fluctuations in stripe phases of cuprates, revealing excitation spectra consistent with experimental neutron scattering data.

Contribution

It provides a detailed theoretical analysis of magnetic excitations in stripe-ordered cuprates using a many-body approximation method.

Findings

Identification of low-energy incommensurate acoustic branch

Presence of high-energy optical branches in excitation spectra

Good agreement with neutron scattering experiments

Abstract

Within the time-dependent Gutzwiller approximation for the Hubbard model we compute the magnetic fluctuations of vertical metallic stripes with parameters appropriate for La$_{1.875}$Ba$_{0.125}$CuO$_4$ (LBCO). For bond- and site-centered stripes the excitation spectra are similar, consisting of a low-energy incommensurate acoustic branch which merges into a ``resonance peak'' at the antiferromagnetic wave vector and several high-energy optical branches. The acoustic branch is similar to the result of theories assuming localized spins whereas the optical branches are significantly different. Results are in good agreement with a recent inelastic neutron study of LBCO.