Low-energy Effective Theory for Spin Dynamics of Fluctuating Stripes

TL;DR

This paper derives an effective Hamiltonian for spin dynamics in fluctuating stripe phases of cuprates, revealing nearly isotropic spin-wave velocities and quantifying second harmonic intensities, advancing understanding of stripe-related magnetic excitations.

Contribution

It introduces a new effective Hamiltonian for spin dynamics in fluctuating stripes derived from the t-J model, incorporating high-energy hopping effects.

Findings

Spin-wave velocity is nearly isotropic in La_{2-x}Sr_x CuO_4.

Second harmonic mode intensity is about 10% of the fundamental.

High-energy hopping induces low-energy antiferromagnetic interactions.

Abstract

We derive an effective Hamiltonian for spin dynamics of fluctuating smectic stripes from the t-J model in the weak coupling limit t >> J. Besides the modulation of spin magnitude, the high energy hopping term would induce a low-energy anti-ferromagnetic interaction between two neighboring ``blocks of spins". Based on the effective Hamiltonian, we applied the linear spin-wave theory and found that the spin-wave velocity is almost isotropic for La_{2-x}Sr_x CuO_4 unless the structural effect is considered. The intensity of the second harmonic mode is found to be about 10% to that of the fundamental mode.